[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 20 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Our prayer today is George Washington's ``Prayer for the United 
States of America,'' as it is preserved on the chapel wall at Valley 
Forge. Let us pray.
  ``Almighty God: We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the 
United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts 
of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to 
the government, and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one 
another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large. 
And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all 
to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that 
charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the 
characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and 
without a humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can 
never hope to be a happy Nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech 
Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.''

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