[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5863-H5864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are instructed in the Psalms in the scriptures, ``Be still, and 
know that I am God.''
  With so many voices to be heard and many lessons to be understood, it 
is no wonder that Your still strong voice, gracious God, is not heard. 
May this moment of prayer allow us to be still

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and focus on the clarity of Your forgiving word and the soothing 
comfort of Your eternal voice. We pray with earnest hearts that we will 
continue to listen to Your good graces, O God, so that Your peace that 
passes all human understanding will be with us now and until our last 
day. Amen.

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