[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  O God of history, You have been the guiding light for the Senate for 
210 years. We trust You to lead us forward today. In the midst of the 
debate over crucial issues, we need Your divine intervention and 
inspiration. Give the Senators strength to communicate their perception 
of truth with mutual respect and without rancor. May they seek Your 
guidance in the exercise of the essence of democracy in vital debate. 
Help them to know that speaking the truth as they see it will 
contribute to a greater understanding than any one person could achieve 
alone. When we trust You, things go more smoothly and work gets done 
with greater excellence. Whatever happens to or around us today, we 
know we can count on You for strength in any stress and courage in any 
crises. We gratefully remember times when Your guidance brought 
consensus out of conflict and creative decisions out of discord. Thank 
You for the new page in the history of the Senate that will be written 
today.
  Gracious Father, in addition to our continued prayers for the Kennedy 
family, today as a Senate we mourn the death of Kenneth C. Foss who 
worked with the Republican Policy Committee. We praise You for his 
brief life and his great leadership. In the name of our Lord. Amen.

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