[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 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:
  God that made the world and all things therein * * * hath made of one 
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and 
hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their 
habitation; That they should seek the Lord * * *.--Acts 17:24, 26-27.
  Eternal God, the Apostle Paul reminds us that Thou art a sovereign 
Lord, that Thou hast determined the times and the boundaries of the 
nations that they should seek the Lord.
  When we read the words of our Founding Fathers, we become aware of 
the profound faith in Thee which inspired them. It is not for nothing 
that our currency bears the words, ``In God We Trust.'' But we tend to 
behave as though we have no need of Thee.
  Mighty God, all wise, all powerful and unchanging, before it is too 
late, awaken us as a nation to our need of Thee that we may seek Thee 
and serve Thee, individually and corporately.
  We pray this in the name of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. 
Amen.

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