[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 62 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, thank You for this moment of prayer in which we can 
affirm our unity. Thank You for giving us the same calling: to express 
our love for You by faithful service to our country. So much of our 
time is spent debating our differences that we often forget the bond of 
unity that binds us together. We are one in our belief in You, the 
ultimate and only Sovereign of this Nation. You are the magnetic and 
majestic Lord. You enable us to work together.
  Take charge of the control centers of our minds. Think Your thoughts 
through us. Take charge of our tongues so that we may speak truth with 
clarity, without rancor and anger. May our debates be an effort to 
reach agreement rather than simply to win an argument. Help us to think 
of each other as fellow Americans seeking Your best for our Nation.
  Enable us to catch the drumbeat of Your direction and march to the 
cadence of Your guidance. Here are our lives. Invade them with Your 
calming Spirit, strengthen them with Your powerful presence, and imbue 
them with Your gift of faith to trust You to bring unity out of 
diversity. In the name of our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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