[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Reverend William B. Mann, V, Pastor of Our 
Savior's Way Lutheran Church, Ashburn, VA, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Ruler of all, we thank and praise You for this Nation which is our 
home. We thank and praise You for permitting this Nation to survive 
armed conflicts, cold wars, threats and rumors of war, and the 
uncertainties of this nuclear age.
  We ask You to urge the leaders and the people of our Nation to pursue 
always the search for human freedoms. We ask You to bless with wisdom 
the lawmakers of our Nation, to regulate our Government that it will 
offer hope and freedom to all who swear allegiance to it.
  Forgive us for our waste of natural resources, for the neglect of our 
own rights and the rights of others. Enable us to conduct ourselves 
honorably as citizens and to manage the affairs of Government sensibly. 
Permit this Nation to prosper and to fulfill Your purpose to the good 
of all. This we ask in the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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