[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5865]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, in a few moments we will pledge allegiance to our flag 
with words that may have become faithlessly familiar with repetition. 
As we affirm that we are one nation under You, dear God, shake us awake 
with the momentous conviction that You alone reign supreme and 
sovereign in this Nation and very powerfully and personally in this 
Chamber. Give us a renewed sense of Your holy presence and fill us with 
awe and wonder. This is Your Senate and the Senators are here by Your 
divine appointment and are accountable to You for every word spoken and 
every piece of legislation passed. Help them and all of us who work 
with them to live this day on the knees of our hearts, with renewed 
reverence for Your presence and profound gratitude for the grace and 
goodness of Your providential care for our beloved Nation. May all that 
we say and do this day be done by Your grace and for Your glory. For 
You are the Lord, the Creator, and our Saviour. Amen.

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