[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 81 (Thursday, June 23, 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 pray for Leila Dais, who works in the 
dining room, serves in the dining room, on the loss of her father on 
Father's Day; and for Frank Smonskey, and his loved ones--he is an 
official reporter--in the tragic death of his great niece and her 
husband.
  How are the mighty fallen ***.--II Samuel 1:25.
  Eternal God, as David joined the nation, Israel, in mourning the fall 
of King Saul, so our Nation has been traumatized by the fall of a great 
hero. We pray for O.J. Simpson. Whether he is innocent or guilty rests 
with our system of justice. But our hearts go out to him in his 
profound loss. Whatever the circumstances, he has got to be hurting 
deeply. As the wheels of justice slowly grind, may he be comforted by 
the sense of the presence of the God who loves him.
  Give consolation, gracious Lord, to the unnumbered who have been 
disillusioned by the fall of their idol. We realize that leaders have 
much farther to fall than followers, and we ask for a special 
dispensation of grace for this American hero, his loved ones and all 
who are hurting irreparably by this event.
  We ask, too, for Your comfort and consolation to the victims and 
their families and all those who loved them.
  We pray in the name of Him who loved us and gave Himself for us. 
Amen.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be in order.

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