[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 121 (Monday, August 22, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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:
  * * * For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are 
ordained of God.--Romans 13:1.
  ``We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created 
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 
Rights * * *. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted 
among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed 
* * *''.--Declaration of Independence.
  Eternal God, Sovereign of the universe, with unspeakable gratitude we 
thank Thee for the faith and vision of our Founding Fathers who 
conceived a political system in which the power belongs to the people. 
Thank Thee for people-sovereignty, the foundation of America.
  It is gratifying, God, to see the response of the people to the 
health and crime bills. As we approach election, we pray that all the 
people will be awakened to the incredible legacy they have and will 
exercise their sovereignty. Realizing that we have one of the lowest 
voting averages in the industrialized West, move upon the people so 
that they will recognize the gift God has given them and respond by 
voting.
  Forgive us, Lord, who have abdicated our sovereign responsibility as 
citizens and revive us to take hold.
  In the name of the Lord of history we pray. Amen.

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