[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Bishop H. Hasbrouck Hughes, Jr., Williamsburg, 
VA, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  O God, we bow in humble adoration before You this day as our Creator, 
Judge, and Sustainer.
  As Creator, You manifest unfathomable power as the source of all 
life, all matter, all time and space, throughout a universe which knows 
no bounds.
  As our Judge, it is to You we remain accountable, even as we exercise 
personal and collective judgments each day.
  As Sustainer, You provide the natural resources of this bountiful 
land; and the human resources by which we help, and are helped by, one 
another. How grateful we are for Your manifold blessings.
  Deliver us from approaching any day apart from reliance upon your 
guidance; especially in bearing the enormous responsibilities of 
leadership affecting the lives, security, hopes, and dreams, of the 
Nation's people.
  Every Member of this assemblage feels the weight of high office; and 
today we ask for wisdom and strength as they undertake the tasks before 
them. May their decisions be harmonious with Your hope for humankind; 
and may the dream be unfading of a godly nation, where the blessings of 
liberty, justice, and peace are preserved for all. Amen.

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