[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26918]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, it is through an experience of Your grace that joy 
surges in us this morning. For life and strength, for work and friends, 
for every gift Your goodness sends, we praise You, loving God. May this 
be a day dedicated to gladness. Chase from our hearts all gloomy 
thoughts. Make us glad with the sheer delight of being alive. We are 
uplifted by Zephaniah's assurance that in spite of everything that we 
do or fail to do, You sing over us with gladness--Zephaniah 3:17. And 
that motivates us to accept the Psalmist's admonition as our motto 
today: ``Serve the Lord with gladness.''--Psalm 100:2.
  May the Senators and all of us who work with them grasp the 
opportunities and meet the challenges this day holds with divinely 
inspired gladness. You are our God, the Sovereign of this Nation, our 
Lord and Savior. Amen.

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