[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 42 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S2269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest chaplain, Rt. Rev. John B. Cairns, Moderator of the General 
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Loving God, through Your love the world was formed, by Your love it 
is sustained, in Your love is its life. There is a color, richness, and 
variety throughout Your creation that brings a response of wonder and 
praise, of thankfulness for so many gifts.
  We give thanks for the unquenchable desire for liberty and justice 
sown in the hearts of women and men throughout the world, for the 
heartfelt aspiration for peace in individuals and nations, and that, 
though many wrong turnings are taken, there is still a road of hope 
ahead.
  We acknowledge with thanksgiving the many contributions of this 
Nation toward the world's well-being: its welcome and defense of the 
weak and oppressed, its sacrifice in the interests of freedom for those 
beyond its shores, its inventiveness and its culture, a developing 
blend of differing traditions and understandings.
  We pray for all in authority and government, particularly the 
Senators as they fulfill the call to leadership. May they exercise 
their power with wisdom and compassion and so contribute to the coming 
of that day when, for this and all nations, every way shall be a way of 
gentleness and every path a path of peace.
  Amen.

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