[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 101 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8953]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Dr. Richard Foth, Falls Church, VA, 
offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, we come to You on this warm summer morning 
absolutely dependent on Your wisdom and Your grace. We know that our 
friends in the Senate have the people of this great Nation on their 
hearts. And, although they may not, in their own wisdom, know what is 
best in every instance for each citizen, You do.
  So, we ask You to help this deliberative body of chosen and able men 
and women to keep pursuing matters of State in fresh ways, that all the 
people of our great land who depend on them might be the better for it.
  Our Senators come to this Chamber, pressured almost beyond belief by 
interests of every kind. Give them, we pray, the insight to be able to 
differentiate between what is good and what is best. And as they do, 
thank You for helping them manage their personal and family concerns, 
while trying to focus on the matters at hand.
  As the heat of this late July day is reflected in the heat of debates 
driven by deadline, let cool heads prevail. And, as the important task 
of monetary appropriations is considered, we take a moment to remember 
that You, too, have appropriated something for each of us: Your love 
and Your grace. In that Name above all names, we thank You for these 
things. Amen.

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