[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are grateful, O God, for the many blessings that have come from 
Your hand, and we begin this day with appreciation for the gift of 
friendship. With our families and with our colleagues, there can be 
that kind of relationship that transcends all the divisions of position 
or responsibility, that surmounts the differences that separate people 
from each other. For friends who support us when the day is done, we 
offer our praise. For friends who encourage us when we are discouraged, 
we offer thanks. For friends who forgive when we miss the mark and for 
friends who stand near us when we are alone, we offer these words of 
gratitude and thanksgiving. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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