[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  God who gave us life, gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation 
be secure when you remove the conviction that these liberties are a 
gift of God?
  Dear God, we open this Senate with a resounding response to Thomas 
Jefferson's pointed question. We reaffirm our conviction that we are 
one Nation under Your sovereign authority.
  You were the inspiration of our Constitution that makes our Nation 
distinctly different and the author of the liberties that distinguish 
our democracy. May our gratitude for these liberties stir up our 
patriotism and strengthen our leadership. Our motto, ``In God We 
Trust,'' is more than a shibboleth; it exposes our deepest commitment 
to trust You to guide us as we seek to confront the problems of our 
secularized society with Your solutions, Your absolutes in a culture 
that relies on relativism. We ask You to begin a spiritual awakening in 
our land and begin with us. In the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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