[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, sovereign of history, who gives beginnings and ends to 
the phases of our work, on whom our mortal efforts depend, soon this 
hallowed Chamber will be silent for a time. The 105th Congress will be 
completed. Historians will write the human judgments of what has been 
accomplished, but You will have the final word about what has been 
achieved. It is Your affirmation that we seek. Senators in both parties 
have prayed to know and do Your will. Often there has been sharp 
disagreement on what is best for our Nation. Thank You for those times 
when debate led to deeper truth and compromise to the blending of 
aspects for a greater solution. We need that today. We remember those 
moving moments when we sensed Your presence, received supernatural 
power, and pressed on in spite of tiredness and tension. We need that 
today. Help us to forgive and forget any memories of strained 
relationships or debilitating differences. Preserve the friendships 
that reach across party lines. We need that today.
  Father, help us to finish well. Give us strength to complete the work 
of this Congress with expeditious excellence. Renew the weary, 
reinforce the fatigued, rejuvenate the anxious. When it is all said and 
done, there is one last word we long to hear. It is Your divine 
accolade, ``Well done, good and faithful servant.'' Amen.

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