[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 148 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12659]
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 God, You have been faithful to help us when we have asked 
for Your guidance and strength. May we be as quick to praise You for 
what You have done to answer our prayers as we are to ask You to bless 
us in the future. We have come to You in crises and difficulties and 
uncertainties; and You have been on time and in time in Your 
interventions. Thank You for Your providential care in the development 
and now the last steps in the completion of the omnibus appropriations 
bill. We ask You, Gracious God, to guide and direct each step of the 
way in these last and final days.
  We thank You that we are responsible to You and, therefore, 
accountable to You. You are Sovereign of this Nation, and we seek to 
know and do Your will. Remind us of the implications of Your 
righteousness and justice in all things. We consecrate ourselves with 
renewed dedication to You and to this great Nation we serve. Through 
our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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