[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray. We are grateful, O God, that the scriptures remind us 
that You are always with us and that Your love and forgiveness and 
strength will never depart from us. Whatever our concern or whatever 
our adversity, You restore our souls; and You lead us in the paths of 
righteousness. So it is with gratitude that we know we are never alone 
and we are never apart from Your strong arm. Your rod and Your staff 
they comfort us. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days 
of our lives and we will dwell in Your house forever.
  Amen.

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