[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7811]
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:
  With the psalmist of biblical times we wish to begin our day by 
making a joyful noise to You, O God, by serving You with gladness and 
by coming into Your presence with singing. We know too that there are 
times when there is no singing, no gladness and our voices are muted 
with uncertainty. At all the moments of life may we sing the words of 
Isaac Watts, ``O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to 
come.'' O God, may Your good spirit of thanksgiving and gladness enter 
each person's heart and may Your reconciling blessing touch us day by 
day with peace and mercy and love. In Your name we pray. Amen.

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