[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 115 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8765]
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                                 Senate

  The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was called to order by the President 
pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O God, You have prophesied through Isaiah, ``You will keep him in 
perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You''--Isaiah 26:3; and promised 
through Jesus, ``Peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give 
to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.''--
John 14:27.
  That is the quality of peace we need to do our work creatively today. 
Often the conflict and tension present in our lives threaten to rob us 
of a calm and restful mind and heart. It is so easy to catch the 
emotional virus of frustration and exasperation. Help us to remember 
that Your peace is a healing antidote to anxiety that can survive in 
any circumstance.
  Provider of peace, give us the peace of a cleansed heart, a free and 
forgiving heart, a caring and compassionate heart. Right now, may Your 
deep peace flow into us, calming our impatience and flowing from us to 
others.
  Especially, we pray for Your peace for the women and men of this 
Senate. May Your profound inner peace free them to think clearly and 
speak decisively while maintaining the bond of peace with one another. 
Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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