[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9181]
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:
  Let us pray using words of the penitential Psalm 51:
  Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according 
to thy abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly 
from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit 
within me. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy 
Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me 
with a willing spirit. Amen.

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