[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 121 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7620]
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 read in the Psalm that You, O God, are our good shepherd and we 
shall not want.
  As the shepherd protects the sheep from any harm, so we pray, O God, 
that You will keep your people from any harm or hurt; as the shepherd 
nourishes the sheep in green pastures, so may we be nourished by Your 
forgiving word; as the shepherd walks through any difficulty or danger, 
so may You walk with us and with our companion along life's way; as the 
shepherd's great joy is goodness and mercy, so may Your compassion 
never depart from us. For all these gifts, O loving God, we offer these 
words of thanksgiving and praise. Amen.

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