[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 105 (Monday, July 29, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S7445]
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                                 Senate

Monday, July 29, 2002
  The Senate met at 4 p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable 
Mark Dayton, a Senator from the State of Minnesota.
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                                 Prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, righteous, holy Judge of us all, every word we speak and 
action we take is heard and seen by You. Remind us that You bless those 
who humble themselves and put their trust in You completely. There is 
no limit to what You will do for a nation and its leaders if You are 
glorified as Sovereign.
  May the knowledge of Your blessings to our Nation bring us to a 
deeper commitment to You. We want our motto: ``In God we trust'' to be 
more than a familiar phrase. You have told us,
  Where there is no vision, the people perish.--(Proverbs 29:18).
  And we remember Thomas Jefferson's warning: ``God who gave us life, 
gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a Nation be secure when we have 
removed a conviction that these liberties are gifts of God?'' With 
these words ringing in our souls, grant the Senators and all of us who 
work with them the courage to reaffirm You as Lord to whom we are 
responsible for the moral, spiritual, and cultural life of America.
  Thank You for the miraculous recovery of the nine miners at Quecreek, 
Pennsylvania. Thank You for being on time and in time for all our 
needs. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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