[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. Richard Foth, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, we come to You on this fresh September morning with 
full hearts. Thank You for letting us be a part of the fabric of this 
country which is so richly endowed both physically and spiritually. 
Help us never to forget that it is by Your grace we are here and that 
``to whom much is given, much is required.''
  We pray particularly for those in the path of a storm, whether 
politically in the Senate of the United States or physically on our 
southeast coast. Give them wisdom, judgment, and strength for the 
journey.
  As the fall agenda in this deliberate body is engaged in this 
Chamber, which has been the battleground for ideas and the sanctuary 
for our freedoms over the years, help our Senators not to be weary in 
well-doing. Buttress them with patience in the face of a thousand 
voices calling them to act in small, immediate ways which erode 
principle and derail the larger good.
  We join our hearts at this moment with the thousands of other 
ordinary citizens across America who, today and every day, lift this 
band of 100 gifted leaders to You.
  In that Name above every name, we pray these things.
  Amen.

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