[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, our King, let the Earth rejoice and righteousness and 
justice strengthen the land we love. Lord, we live in a fugitive 
earthly scene, but it is permeated by Your eternal presence. Remind us 
that transiency will not have the last word in our universe. We are 
grateful that life's changefulness is underlain and penetrated by Your 
unchanging purposes.
  Guide our Senators. In these days of upheaval, show them how to find 
the permanent amid the impermanent, the durable amid the fragile, and 
the truth amid the falsehood.
  Thank You for continuing to be the rock of our salvation, sustaining 
us in the best and worst of times.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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