[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 20 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  It was 161 years ago today that President Andrew Jackson gave a 
clarion call to prayer in his farewell address. Jackson's words 
challenge us: ``You have the highest of human trusts committed to your 
care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without 
number, and has chosen you as the guardians of freedom to preserve it 
for the benefit of the human race. May He who holds in His hands the 
destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed and 
enable you, with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to 
guard and defend, to the end of time, the great charge He has committed 
to your keeping.''
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, as the sword of these piercing words hangs over this 
Senate chamber today, provide the Senators with a renewed sense of awe 
and wonder over the awesome challenge You have entrusted to them. Thank 
You for the abundant courage You provide leaders who seek first and 
foremost to know and do Your will. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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