[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 102 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9001]
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 Father, the Source of comfort and courage in times of grief, 
our hearts are at half-mast in honor of Capitol Police Officers Jacob 
Chestnut and John Gibson who were killed in the line of duty here in 
the Capitol last Friday afternoon. These officers are like members of 
our family. Their loss creates an empty place in our hearts. Now that 
place is filled with profound gratitude for them and their heroism. 
They lost their lives protecting all of us who work here and those who 
visit the Capitol. Greater love has no man than this, to give his life 
for his friends.
  Dear Father, we can only imagine the wrenching grief of the families 
of these valorous men. Place around them Your arms of love, 
encouragement, and peace. Most of all, help them to know that, for 
believers in You, death is not an ending. Bullets cannot kill the soul. 
John and J. J. are alive in You.
  Now we ask for one more thing. Make us more sensitive to the dangers 
our officers face daily. Help us to express our gratitude for what they 
do and for the great friends they are. In the name of Him who is the 
Resurrection and the Life. Amen.

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