[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  In this world where life contains what seems to be so much turmoil 
and tribulation we long for that tranquility that lives beside the 
still waters of peace, and yet we know that grace exists besides 
turbulence and healing exists besides pain. O gracious God, the creator 
of everyone, we laud and praise those who use their ability to bring 
peace and healing to our communities and to all the neighborhoods of 
our world. May Your spirit, O God, unite each person so we share our 
concerns and our hopes as one people with one creator. In Your name we 
pray. Amen.

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