[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. Michael Coleman, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God, Your justice has shown us that the righteous observance 
of Your sacred law is necessary for an abiding and purposeful life. 
Your mercy has taught us that none stand before You in this life free 
of the influence of sin upon our natures. So today we call ourselves in 
humble obedience to this Chamber, for this session along with its 
purpose of caring for the welfare of Your people.
  We stand here today, as a government of leaders--as well as a land of 
various peoples--united under Your Word. May we be inspired by Your 
words from II Chronicles 7:14: ``If my people which are called by my 
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive 
their sin, and will heal their land.''
  Divine Creator, we humbly request these things, in the spirit of all 
that is holy, and in the power of Your creative influence. Amen.

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