[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 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:
  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest.--Matthew 11:28.
  Thank You, God, for this beautiful promise and invitation from our 
Lord.
  Almighty God, Thou knowest better than we the weariness, the 
frustration, the pressure and tension under which Your servants labor. 
Thou knowest their minds and hearts, their families, their canceled 
plans, circumstances which are difficult to bear.
  In a way that only God can do it, grant to Your faithful servants a 
special dispensation of love, grace, mercy, and peace. Encourage them, 
strengthen them, grant them the ``peace that passeth understanding.'' 
Demonstrate the reality of Your presence in this place.
  In Jesus' name who is Love incarnate. Amen.

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