[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S2757]
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Senate

  The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable 
Debbie Stabenow, a Senator from the State of Michigan.
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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, it is with reverence and commitment that we address You as 
Sovereign of our lives and of our Nation. Our forefathers called You 
Sovereign with awe and wonder as they established this land and trusted 
You for guidance and courage.
  We thank you that in 1787, at a pivotal moment at the Constitutional 
Convention, Benjamin Franklin's convictions led him to rise and speak 
these now-famous words to George Washington: ``I have lived, sir, a 
long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of 
this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot 
fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire 
can rise without His aid? I believe that without His concurring aid we 
shall succeed no better than the builders of Babel. We shall be divided 
by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded . . .''
  Lord, it is with the same emphatic certainty that we echo his words 
of dependence on You and we ask, Sovereign Lord, that You would help us 
realize Your best for America. In Your holy name. Amen.

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