[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, ultimate Ruler of this world, Lord of all nations and 
the One to whom all leaders are accountable for the realms of 
responsibility entrusted to them by You, we return to the work of this 
Senate in the midst of an international crisis. Like Senates before us 
in history, we face soul-sized issues with profound humanitarian 
implications. Bless the Senators as they seek to determine the extent 
of our Nation's further involvement in finding a solution to the 
seemingly insolvable problems caused by the bloody civil war in Kosovo. 
O Dear God, we come to You for guidance and then for the strength and 
fortitude to act with courage. You are Lord of Serbs and Kosovars, and 
the nations of NATO. Intervene to bring an end to the merciless 
persecution, the suffering of homeless refugees, the hate-motivated 
slaughter of people. Cleanse from Slobodan Milosevic's heart the evil 
practice of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. And since the United States now 
is so strategically involved in this crisis, show the Senators and the 
administration the way to finish the work that has been begun in a just 
a righteous way that brings peace to that troubled part of the world. 
In Your all-powerful name. Amen.

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