[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 37 (Monday, April 11, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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:
  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own 
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy 
paths.--Proverbs 3:5,6.
  Gracious God our Father, thank Thee for a safe return following a 
profitable recess. Thank Thee for the Senators' opportunity to meet 
face to face with constituents, to share their views on significant 
issues. Thank Thee for a renewed sense of the people's thinking. Thank 
Thee for family togetherness, reconciliation and recreation, rest and 
restoration of strength, and vision.
  Now, Lord, the Senate confronts a backbreaking load of legislation on 
critical and potentially divisive issues with a national election 
approaching rapidly. Grant to Your servants the wisdom of Proverbs to 
look to God and trust Him for guidance.
  And, mighty God, awaken the people to the fundamental reality of our 
political system--``a government of the people, by the people, and for 
the people.'' Help them take seriously their responsibility as citizens 
to inform their leaders of their views, to prepare themselves to vote, 
and then go to the polls in November.
  Blessed Lord, cover the Senate with Your grace and guide the Senators 
in perfect wisdom and righteousness in their debate and decisions.
  In His name who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen.

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