[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 122 (Tuesday, August 23, 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 pray for a number of Senate 
staff that are ill.
  Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell 
together in unity!--Psalm 133:1.
  ``E pluribus unum.''
  ``United we stand, divided we fall.''
  Almighty God, what an incredible phenomenon is the United States of 
America.
  What incredible vision and wisdom our Founders had to conceive a 
Constitution which is still taken seriously by the Nation more than 200 
years later.
  Thank You gracious Lord for a union of States of which the Senate is 
the living symbol. Thank You for a citizenship that is a microcosm of 
the world. Thank You for our unity with diversity.
  God of love and justice, there are so many forces which divide and 
fragment, may we all resist every issue or nonissue that is 
destructive. Give grace to seek in plurality of opinion and conviction 
the blessed unity which is our national legacy.
  In His name who is love incarnate. Amen.

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