[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Reverend Richard C. Halverson, Jr., of Falls Church, VA, offered 
the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  ``God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the 
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea * * * The Lord of hosts 
is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge * * * Come behold the works 
of the Lord * * * He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he 
breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder * * * Be still and 
know that I am God: I will be exalted in the earth''.--Selected verses, 
Ps. 46.
  Almighty God, help us discern the wisdom once editorialized by David 
Lawrence when he wrote, ``All our alliances are temporary * * * there 
is only one permanence we can all accept. It is the permanence of a 
God-governed world. For the power of God alone is permanent. Obedience 
to His laws is the only road to lasting solutions of man's problems.'' 
(David Lawrence, U.S. News & World Report, May 5, 1956).
  Lord, others may come to Thee by the process of elimination when 
nothing else works. Help us depend upon Thee by the process of 
illumination to Thy eternal word. Amen.

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