[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Venerable Norman H.V. Elliott offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, in whom our Nation puts its trust, we give You humble 
and heartfelt thanks for the many blessings You have most graciously 
bestowed upon us. We especially give thanks for the men and women who 
had the zeal and courage to oppose oppression and to form a nation 
dedicated to obtaining and maintaining the ideals of freedom, security, 
and justice for all its people.
  Help us, we pray, to gladly accept with the same zeal and courage the 
heavy burden You have laid upon us in our time to secure freedom from 
oppression for all people and to continue to strive for peace among all 
nations.
  Guide the deliberations and decisions of the men and women called to 
the high office and grave responsibility of Senator and support them as 
they take up this burden and faithfully seek to serve You and this 
Nation.
  We ask this in Your holy name. Amen.

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