[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S6955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  As we watch the movements of Sojourner from Pathfinder on Mars, we 
exclaim with the Psalmist, ``When I consider Your heavens, the work of 
Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is 
man that You are mindful of him and the son of man that You visit him? 
For You have made him a little lower than the angels and You have 
crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion 
over the works of Your hands''.--Psalm 8:3-6.
  O Yahweh, our Adonai, how excellent is Your name in all the Earth and 
the farthest reaches of the Earth's universe. You are Sovereign of 
universes within universes. We praise You that You have enabled us to 
reach out into space to behold Your majesty and come to grips with the 
magnitude of the realm of dominion You have entrusted to us. Our eyes 
have been glued to our television sets to witness the awesome 
achievement of landing Pathfinder on Mars and we have seen the venture 
of rover Sojourner on Martian rock after a 309-million-mile, 7-month 
journey from Earth. Guide our space scientists as they gather 
information about Mars and we are reminded of the reaches of Your 
Lordship.
  And meanwhile, back to the planet Earth, back to the problems and 
potentials we face, and back to the U.S. Senate where You empower the 
leaders of humankind to grapple with the challenges, and grasp the 
opportunities in our time and in our space. As we work today, remind us 
that You created Mars and the Earth and will direct us to solutions to 
the complex problems we face. We bless and praise You for the 
privilege, Creator, Redeemer, and Lord of Lords. Amen.

               RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING MAJORITY LEADER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The able acting majority leader is 
recognized.

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