[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord of history, we gain perspective on the perplexities of the 
present by remembering how Your power has been released in response to 
prayer in the past. We think of Washington on his knees, of Franklin 
asking for prayer when the Constitutional Convention was deadlocked, of 
Lincoln praying for wisdom in the dark night of our Nation's divided 
soul. Gratefully, also we remember Your answers to prayers seeking Your 
strength in struggles and Your courage in crises. Especially, today we 
remember those times when Your guidance brought consensus out of 
conflict, and creative decisions out of discord.
  In the midst of the continuing discussions and debate over the 
Federal budget, we continue to need Your divine intervention and 
inspiration. May the Senators be united in seeking Your best for the 
future of our Nation. Give them strength to communicate their 
perceptions of truth with mutual respect and without rancor. We are of 
one voice in asking for Your blessing on this Senate as it exercises 
the essence of democracy in open debate. You have been our guide over 
the 206 years of the history of the Senate of the United States, and we 
trust You to lead us forward today. In Your holy name. Amen.

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