[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 13 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page S801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Yesterday was George Washington's birthday. It is appropriate to open 
the Senate this morning with the prayer that he prayed for our Nation 
exactly as it is reproduced on the wall of the chapel 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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