[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You have told us that You are for us and not against 
us. Help us to receive Your correctives as well as Your guidance as 
signs of Your faithful love. In the same way, free us to befriend the 
struggling, sometimes anxious and insecure person inside of each of us. 
Encourage us to say with Lincoln, ``When I lay down the reins of this 
administration, I want to have one friend left and may that friend be 
inside myself.''
  Make us so secure in Your unqualified grace that we reach out to 
others with good will and encouragement. Free us from thinking of 
people in the other party, Republican or Democrat, as opponents.
  Father, You know that these are pressured times in the Senate. Grant 
the Senators a renewed commitment to agree whenever possible, to debate 
fairly when agreement is not easily reached, and when votes are taken 
neither gloat over victory nor be discouraged by defeat.
  Our times are in Your hands. Shape our destiny as planned. Through 
our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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