[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell 
together in unity!--Psalm 133:1.
  Eternal God, Ruler of the nations, recognizing the many political 
distinctions in the Senate--Democrat, Republican, conservative, 
moderate, liberal--we pray for the unity in diversity, characteristic 
of our Nation. Remembering the words engraved on the Dirksen Building, 
``The Senate is the living symbol of our union of states,'' and 
remembering ``E pluribus unum,'' we pray that the Senate will realize 
its full potential in this crucial legislative year.
  God our Father, we believe the Senate is infinitely greater than the 
sum of its parts. Remembering the words on the Archives building, 
``What is past is prologue,'' all its history is included--not only 
since the 18th century, but in antiquity as the fertile seedlings of 
representative government developed in ancient England, Greece, and 
Rome. Every person who has ever served as a Senator or worked on a 
staff, all the giants of the Senate, past and present, are part of its 
greatness.
  Dear God, help us who labor here to appreciate the significance of 
the Senate.
  In His name who is incarnate Truth. Amen.

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