[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4570]
[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 Spirit, the splendor of Your presence delights us. You have 
been our help in ages past. You are our hope for the years to come. 
Thank You for leading us beside the still waters of Your wisdom and 
through the green pastures of Your peace.
  Empower our Senators for the tasks of this day. May they put right 
before expediency, others before self, principle before partisanship, 
and You before all else. Lord, keep our lawmakers under the canopy of 
Your care, sustaining them with Your grace amid all sunshine and 
shadow.
  Lord, thank You that America still stands with lamp held aloft as a 
beacon of freedom for our world.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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