[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 121 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9003]
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Senate

  The Senate met at 2:30 p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable 
Harry Reid, a Senator from the State of Nevada.
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                                 Prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Liberating Lord of all, we begin the work of this week remembering 
what took place 140 years ago yesterday on September 22, 1862. 
President Abraham Lincoln, a humble instrument in Your mighty hands, 
issued the life changing, values-reorienting, culture-reforming 
Emancipation Proclamation. The right to life, freedom, and citizenship 
was assured for all persons regardless of race, origin, or 
circumstance. This courageous position of valuing all human life by 
freeing the slaves was the direct result of biblical truth which could 
no longer be denied.
  Now, 140 years later, we ask for Your strength to continue to 
overcome any vestiges or prejudice in our hearts. We still need Your 
emancipation from customs that constrict, practices that patronize, 
superiority that scrutinizes, and attitudes that anger. Keep us in the 
battle for equality in education, job opportunities, and social 
advancement for all Americans. Amen.

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