[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S5979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Our loving, heavenly Father, as we approach the Memorial Day recess, 
we pause gratefully to remember those who gave their lives for our 
Nation. ``Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's 
life for his friends.''--John 15:13. Help us never to forget their 
sacrifice in defense of our Nation and democracy. May we be a nation 
worthy of their dedication to the cause of freedom which cost them 
their lives.
  Along with the heroes of the past we also remember our loved ones and 
friends who have graduated to heaven. Thank You for overcoming our fear 
of death with the sure conviction that this life is but a small part of 
the whole of eternity and death is a transition and not an ending. Help 
us to know You and love You in this life so that worry over death will 
be past. Thank You for the gift of eternal hope. Through our Lord and 
Savior. Amen.

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