[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11452]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest chaplain offered the following prayer:
  In quiet moments of this Senate Chamber, the footfalls and voices of 
patriots past can still be heard, O God.
  This forum of liberty set upon a hill cannot be hid.
  Grant that the clamor of today's business not drown out distant and 
hallowed echoes of our heritage. Rather, grant the wisdom of the ages 
be present in the work of this day, that the divine genius of liberty 
might continue to enlighten the path of these United States.
  During times of conflict and crisis, give our Senators wisdom and 
courage; during hours of solitude, grant them serenity and peace.
  So it is, upon the work of this day, upon our heritage of freedom, 
upon this Senate now in session, we invoke Your name, O Lord God.
  Amen.

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