[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Bill Hall, offered the following prayer:
  Let us join together in prayer this morning.
  Our Father, at the beginning of this session, we want to join 
together to offer thanks for this great Nation and for the privilege of 
being a citizen of the United States of America.
  We do approach Thy throne of grace today and ask for divine guidance. 
Let us become aware of Thy divine presence in this place at this hour.
  At this time we ask that You will give each of these elected servants 
the wisdom and the courage that they will need to perform their duties 
today.
  We also join together to pray for peace and security for our 
citizens. We pray Thy blessings to be bestowed upon our homes, on our 
schools and, indeed, throughout our Nation today. Let us be reminded 
that righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to people. 
This morning together we make our petition and offer our thanks in the 
precious name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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