[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 17, 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 remember in prayer the family of David 
Farley, 27-year-old Capitol Police officer who took his life last 
weekend. We pray for his family, his wife, Kimberly, their 4-year-old 
daughter, Megan Elizabeth, as well as his parents, Gene and Diana 
Farley.
  Let us also remember a member of the Senate staff whose father-in-law 
recently took his life.
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, 
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will 
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their 
land.--II Chronicles 7:14.
  Almighty God, Ruler of history and the nations, the words of 
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt are relevant to our present 
situation. In a radio address to the Nation, he said, ``No greater 
thing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of 
religion--a revival that would sweep through the homes of the Nation 
and stir the hearts of men and women of all faiths to a reassertion of 
their belief in God and their dedication to His will for themselves and 
for their world. I doubt if there is any problem--social, political, or 
economic--that would not melt away before the fire of such a spiritual 
awakening.''--Brotherhood Day, February 23, 1936.
  God of truth, justice, and love, every problem the world faces--
economic, social, educational, crime, moral, and ethical--derives from 
a secular, materialistic, godless rejection of spirituality. In the 
words of G.K. Chesterton, ``If we do not believe in God, the danger is 
not that we will believe in nothing, but that we will believe 
anything.''
  Lord, help us in our unbelief. Amen.

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