[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 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 silent prayer, let us remember Vivian Eney, whose 
husband, a Capitol Police officer, was killed in the line of duty 10 
years ago and whose father died 10 years later almost at the same time.
  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any 
people.--Proverbs 14:34.
  Eternal God, sovereign Lord of history, at a time when it seems like 
the weight of the crises of the world and the Nation rests upon 
Congress, remind our leadership of the wisdom of Solomon: 
``Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any 
people.''
  Under the pressure of crime and education legislation, health care 
and welfare reform, serious crises in a number of nations, and the fall 
election, patient God help the Senators to hear the words of Calvin 
Coolidge, 30th President of the United States:
  ``The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on 
the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them 
if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in 
our country.'' (August 3, 1923, swearing in.)
  ``We do not need more material development; we need more spiritual 
development. We do not need more intellectual power; we need more moral 
power. We do not need more knowledge; we need more character. We do not 
need more government; we need more culture. We do not need more law; we 
need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen; we 
need more of the things that are unseen.'' (From ``What The Country 
Needs,'' by Calvin Coolidge.)
  In His name who is love incarnate. Amen.

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