[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 127 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray using the words from a Prayer of Moses:
  Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the 
earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  You turn us back to dust, and say, ``Turn back, you mortals.''
  For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is 
past, or like a watch in the night.
  So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Amen.

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