[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are taught in Your word, O God, that we should come into Your 
presence with joy and singing. And yet we know too that there are 
places and times when people do not sing and there is no joy. Our 
petition to You, gracious God, is that You would show us the marvelous 
vision of Your eternal grace, so we would see more clearly the power 
and presence of charity and kindness, of love and appreciation, of 
esteem and respect. Remind us always, O God, that whatever we are doing 
or wherever we are we can show forth a spirit that reflects these 
virtues. May Your benediction of joy and peace, of love and grace be 
with all Your people, now and evermore. Amen.

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