[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 59 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, Jr., offered 
the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  In the words of Amos, the prophet of Israel: ``* * * behold, the Lord 
stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 
And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a 
plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the 
midst of my people * * *''--Amos 7:7-8.
  Father in Heaven, we petition Thee for Thy plumbline of truth and 
love, that we may rightly align our relationships in Thee. For truth 
without love is as sounding brass, and love without truth is a lukewarm 
embrace. Though we must attend to temporal laws which sometimes divide 
us, draw our attention above the politics to Thy eternal laws which 
compel us to remain united.
  Set Thy Golden Rule in the midst of our working relationships, that 
we may strengthen our ties, from the least to the greatest, doing unto 
others as we would have them do unto us. For Thou hast taught that, no 
matter how great the distance between us, we need not fear compromising 
the truth, by embracing everyone in love. Nor need we fear forsaking 
whom we love by telling them the truth.
  In the name of Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone of our eternal 
habitation. Amen.

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