[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 120 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7587]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  With all the striving and energy that we use to make our mark, we 
pray, Almighty God, that we would also slow our pace and listen to Your 
still small voice that speaks to us in our hearts and in our minds. 
Just as we learn to speak, so may we learn to listen; just as we 
declare our ideas, so may we reflect on what others teach us; just as 
we hear the voices around us, so may Your gracious word speak to us in 
the depths of our souls, redeeming, forgiving, uniting us in faith and 
hope and love. May Your blessings, O God, become new to us each morning 
and be with us all the day long. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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