[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  We know, O God, how we strive to gain influence and extend our ideas 
and we know too that Your word calls us to see the needs of others. We 
admit that excessive pride demands victory in all things but Your word 
calls us to do justice and speak the truth. We acknowledge that we can 
see more clearly the evil in another person but can miss the 
selfishness in our own hearts. O gracious God, our creator and our 
guide, we pray Your spirit will lead us in the way of justice and 
reconciliation and with a greater understanding may we walk faithfully 
along the road of peace. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.

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