[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 54 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2144]
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:
  Here in the peaceful beauty of this place, we remember those who at 
this moment experience the stress of conflict and know not the peace 
that we enjoy. In our prayer we bring to mind the men and women who 
face risk this day in a far off land.
  We remember all who suffer and know the travail of hunger and 
violence. We commend those who care for the refugee and the homeless, 
those who give food to the hungry and shelter to those in great need.
  We earnestly pray for resolution to the conflict, a resolution, as 
the Scripture says, where justice will flow down as waters and 
righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
  You have promised in Your word, O gracious God, that Your spirit 
abides with each one, and we pray this day that Your spirit will abide 
with us and with every person, whatever their place or special need. In 
Your name we pray. Amen.

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