[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 26 (Thursday, March 10, 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:
  The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in 
his way.--Psalm 37:23.
  Eternal God, Lord of history, Ruler of nations, we thank You for this 
very encouraging word from the psalmist. Last week, we were sadly 
surprised to hear the news that Senator Mitchell will be leaving the 
Senate at the end of this session. All of us want to express our 
gratitude for the leadership he has given. We thank You for him and all 
that he has meant to the Senate, the Nation, and the world.
  Loving Father in Heaven, thank You for Senator Mitchell's influence 
as leader and servant. Thank You for his strength, his fairness, his 
patience; his hardness when toughness was required, his softness when 
gentleness was needed. Thank You for his strong political convictions 
and his understanding of those who disagree. We ask for Your continued 
blessing on his life. Whatever the future holds, may he go in the 
confidence that, ``The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and 
he delighteth in his way.''
  We pray in His name who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen.

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