[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9189]
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 all people of goodwill, O God, we ask for Your guidance and Your 
direction in our lives, in our communities, and in our world. Give us, 
we pray, the knowledge we need to chart our course and also wisdom to 
encompass justice and truth. Give us integrity of spirit so we can 
focus on the paths of righteousness just as we beseech Your mercy and 
Your forgiveness.
  With adoration and thanksgiving, we recall how people throughout our 
history have sought Your blessing. And so now in our time and place, we 
pray for those same gifts of the spirit that will lift us up and 
express a unity of heart and soul.
  In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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