[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Rev. J.C. Williams, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy 
(Retired), offered the following prayer:
  Let us bow our heads in prayer.
  Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers and 
privileges, grant the Senators and their staffs strength to know and do 
Your will. Remind us this day that You are our chosen Leader and Lord, 
God of the way, the truth, and the life, who chose to journey with 
Abraham and Sarah, Joseph and Mary, and all the heroes and heroines of 
faith.
  Loving God, we humbly pray that You will journey with this Nation and 
Your servants. Send Your guardian angel to be their guide as they 
perform their duties on behalf of all people of this great Nation. 
Preserve and defend these men and women and their families from every 
assault and insult, visible and invisible.
  Dear God, in all the troubled moments, pressures of this day, and 
needs that are yet unmet, we seek Your presence, comfort, and wisdom. 
Merciful God, continue to keep the men and women in this sacred Chamber 
in peace and health; and may they hear You whisper to them, ``Well 
done, well done, well done.'' Amen.

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