[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You have blessed our Nation with great leaders in every 
period of our history. Today, our hearts blend in oneness and our 
voices soar above party loyalties to express our gratitude to You for 
Bob Dole. Quite apart from Presidential politics, we wish to thank You 
for the way that You have used him here in the Senate through the 
years. We affirm his leadership; we admire his statesmanship; we honor 
his patriotism.
  Thank You for Your intervening in his life to save him in World War 
II, for preparing him through suffering and pain to be empathetical of 
the needs of others, and for opening doors for him to serve his Nation 
here in the Congress for the past 35 years.
  We appreciate his plain-spoken, Kansas way of expressing his faith. 
We know that prayer has been the source of the silent strength that has 
given the Senator his remarkable resiliency, constantly filling the 
wells of his being with stability and courage. As brothers and sisters 
of both parties in the Senate, we ask You to continue to bless him and 
his wife Elizabeth as they press forward in serving You and our Nation. 
In the name of our Savior and Lord. Amen.

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