[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 46 (Monday, April 25, 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:
  In a moment of silence, let us remember Senator Richard Shelby, who 
is recuperating at home from his hospital visit.
  Eternal God Who brought life and immortality to light, the Nation 
mourns the death of a great elder statesman, Richard Milhous Nixon. We 
thank Thee for his gifts to our Nation and the world, as leaders from 
many nations express their loss of this leader whose influence for 
reconciliation was so broad, so deep, so strong.
  Gracious Father in Heaven, we commend to Your loving care Mr. Nixon's 
daughters, Tricia Cox and Julie Eisenhower, their families, and all who 
most deeply experience this loss.
  We thank Thee for the hope given by King David, Israel's greatest 
king: ``The Lord is my shepherd * * * Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with 
me * * * goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.''--Psalm 23.
  And we thank Thee for the precious promise of Jesus: ``* * * I go to 
prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will 
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may 
be also.''--John 14:2, 3. Amen.

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