[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9089]
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, whose mercies are new every morning, we praise You 
for Your faithfulness. We exalt You with a rendition of the words of 
that wonderful old hymn, ``Great is Your faithfulness! Great is Your 
faithfulness! Morning by morning, new mercies we see; all we have 
needed Your hand has provided. Great is Your faithfulness, Lord, unto 
us!'' As we begin this new day, we thank You for Your faithfulness to 
our Nation throughout history. And one of the ways You express that now 
is through the labors of the women and men of this Senate. May they 
experience fresh assurance of Your faithfulness that will renew their 
faithfulness to be God-centered, God-honoring, God-guided, God-
empowered leaders.
  In the quiet of this moment, we ask You to help us experience Your 
grace in the midst of the grief of this day. We ask You to be with us 
as we honor the memory of Officers Chestnut and Gibson. Especially, 
Lord, be with their families and with their fellow officers, that they 
may know that You are the Lord of life and eternity. Through our Lord 
and Savior. Amen.

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