[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray using the words of Psalm 46:
  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 
Therefore, we will not fear though the earth should change, though the 
mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and 
foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy 
habitation of the Most High, God is in the midst of her, she shall not 
be moved; God will help her right early. The nations rage, the kingdoms 
totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with 
us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Amen.

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