[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S19]
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 Lord, thank You for Your hand upon our shoulders assuring us 
of Your providential, palpable presence and reminding us of Your 
faithfulness. It is a hand of comfort as You tell us again that You 
will never leave nor forsake us. It is a hand of conscription calling 
us to be ``Aye ready!'' servants who receive from You the orders of the 
day. It is a hand of courage that gives us daring to take action 
because You have taken hold of us. It is a hand of correction alerting 
us to what may be less than Your best for us or our Nation. It is a 
hand of confidence to press forward. Your faithfulness fails not; it 
meets the problems of today with fresh guidance for each step of the 
way. So we will be all the bolder; Your hand is upon our shoulders. We 
will not waver; You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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