[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 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:
  Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
established.--Proverbs 16:3.
  God of truth and wisdom, our world suffers from the knowledge 
explosion which is fragmenting our society. There is so much to know, 
it is impossible for anyone to know everything on any single subject.
  And Father, nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the 
Senate. We are overwhelmed with a glut of information. Like an 
avalanche, data inundates the Senate and its committees, so that 
however long and hard staffs work and Senators try to process the 
material, they face an impossible task which would challenge the most 
sophisticated computers.
  Gracious Father, give all who are involved in this information 
overkill Thy wisdom and discernment.
  In the name of Him who is truth. Amen.

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