[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5244]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  During this moment of prayer we remember those people who have 
dedicated their lives to doing the good works that help others in our 
communities. In the privacy of our own hearts we recall the names of 
those gracious and charitable people who strengthen the bonds of our 
common humanity and enhance and share the benefits and the glories of 
our world. O gracious God, as You inspire all people to use their 
abilities in ways that alleviate any pain or hurt and who help to make 
noble the lives of the needy, so inspire each of us to be Your 
messengers of reconciliation and Your heralds of kindness and of love. 
This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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