[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. Washington Johnson II, offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, who has worked through leaders in all ages to shape the 
events of history, we pray for the women and men in this Senate today. 
May they sense Your guiding providence and find wonder in the thought 
that You have chosen them through the voice of the American people to 
lead this mighty Nation. While they are here in this historic Chamber, 
remind them of their accountability to You for every choice which they 
shall make. May they live humbly and peacefully before You as they lead 
in making laws to govern our land. May they remember the limitations of 
human wisdom and power, and may they rely constantly on You, the 
omnipotent One, for strength and guidance. Dwell in the secret places 
of their hearts and grant them peace. Reveal Yourself to them; be the 
unseen Friend beside them in every changing circumstance. And may we 
all aspire for the day when nation shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.--Isaiah 2:4. Amen.

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