[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
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             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

                United States
                 of America


September 8, 1999


         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, September 8, 1999

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Your word, O God, calls us to do the works of justice and 
righteousness and we pray that the good words that we say with our lips 
may be believed in our hearts and may all that we believe in our hearts 
become the good works of our daily lives.
  With all the competing interests that crowd our days, help us not 
lose sight of the goal of justice for every person; with all the voices 
that command our attention, let us hear Your still small voice calling 
us to alleviate the pain of the distressed, to feed the hungry, to give 
freedom to the oppressed and to honor and respect those whose 
circumstances are different than ours.
  Bless us, O gracious God, this day and every day, we pray. Amen.

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