[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 28 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Today we celebrate the birthday of James Madison, the fourth 
President of the United States, who was known as the ``Father of the 
U.S. Constitution.'' He said, ``We have staked the whole future of 
American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. 
We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the 
capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and 
all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain 
ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.''
  Let us pray. Almighty God, who ``has not given us a spirit of fear 
but of power and of love and of a sound mind.''--II Timothy 1:7--help 
us to get control of our lives by giving You control. Help the Senators 
and all of us who work with and for them to exemplify lives placed 
completely under Your control. We thank You for giving us the clear 
guidelines of Your control in the Ten Commandments, the irrevocable 
absolutes for life as individuals and as a nation. ``We the people'' 
reaffirm our commitment to Your truth as set forth in our Constitution. 
Guide the Senators in all they legislate to enable government to 
liberate the initiative of individuals to gain control of their 
destinies by living and working for Your glory. Through our Lord and 
Savior. Amen.

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