[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Reverend Haldon Arnold of the Church of Christ, Springfield, VA, 
offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Eternal Father, as these men and women meet today in this historic 
Chamber to deliberate upon those matters which affect us all, may they 
be so inclined as to seek Your wisdom and counsel, to be filled with 
Your spirit that the Nation may be at peace and have a more tranquil 
life.
  We thank You, Lord, for our great country, for its Government, for 
those who serve in the Congress, our courts, and the White House. May 
they all labor that our country may be stronger, more able to help the 
weak, more nearly a government of the people, by and for the people, 
also.
  Father, please continue to be patient with us that we may not self-
destruct. Continue to forgive us our mistakes, and our sins, but above 
all, continue to love us.
  And now abides faith, hope, and love, but may all of us know that the 
greatest of these is love, and I pray through Christ. Amen.

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