[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, all power and authority belongs to You. You hold the 
universe in Your hands and focus Your attention on the planet Earth. We 
humble ourselves before You, for You alone are Lord of all nations, and 
You have called our Nation to be a leader in the family of nations. By 
Your providence, You have brought to this Senate the men and women 
through whom You can rule wisely in soul-sized matters that affect the 
destiny of humankind. With awe and wonder at Your trust in them, the 
Senators enter executive session today to confront the issues of the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
  Grip their minds with three great assurances to sustain them 
especially today and next Tuesday: You are Sovereign of this land, and 
they are accountable to You; You are able to guide their thinking, 
speaking, and decisions if they will but ask You; and You will bring 
unity so that they may lead our Nation in its strategies of defense, 
and the world in its shared obligation to use nuclear power for 
creative and not destructive purposes.
  O God of peace, hear our prayer, for You are our Lord and Savior. 
Amen.

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