[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
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                                 Senate

  The 6th day of January being the day prescribed by House Joint 
Resolution 138 for the meeting of the 1st session of the 106th 
Congress, the Senate assembled in its Chamber at the Capitol, at 12:04 
p.m.
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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Almighty God, recapture our minds, rivet our attention, galvanize our 
wills. You alone are Sovereign of this land and demand our 
indefatigable loyalty; You are our Lord and require our obedience. This 
is an awesome moment of encounter with You for the Senators-elect who 
will make an unreserved commitment to You, to our beloved Nation, and 
to our cherished Constitution. Give them a vision of their greatness as 
leaders of this Nation that You had in mind when You first thought of 
them before they were born. Thank You for the families who nurtured 
them, the mentors who sculpted their characters, the loved ones who now 
sustain and encourage them. They are here by Your choice and are 
ultimately accountable to You for how they lead this Nation under Your 
guidance. May the vows they take and the immense responsibilities they 
assume bring them to profound humility and an unreserved openness to 
You. Save them from the seduction of human power by the steady flow of 
Your power; free them from any addiction to popularity by the reminder 
that You only must be pleased; and replace any aggrandizement of pride 
with an aggregate of praise for You and the privilege of being servant 
leaders. In the pressures, keep their priorities straight: You and 
their families, first; the good of the Nation, second; consensus around 
truth, third; party loyalties, fourth; and, last of all, personal 
success.
  And now, gracious God, we claim Your faithfulness for the Senators-
elect and for all the Senators. May the soul-sized issues before them 
bring them to deeper prayer than ever before. Anoint their minds with 
Your Spirit, guide them to creative solutions, grant them Your 
supernatural power for facing this challenging hour. Through our Lord 
and Saviour. Amen.

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