[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 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:
  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.--
Psalm 23:4.
  Mighty God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, we thank Thee for this 
clear word from King David, the greatest monarch in the history of 
Israel. Thank Thee for his reassurance that death is not to be feared 
when the Lord is our Shepherd. We are reminded of the word of Jesus, 
``And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and 
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.''--John 
14:3.
  We praise Thee, eternal God, for the reassurance the scriptures give 
us concerning death. Give us the grace to embrace this hope as we put 
our trust in the Shepherd.
  In Jesus' name, who is the way, the truth, and the life. Amen.

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