[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 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 the father of Senator 
Bradley, who is very near death.
  Eternal God, sovereign Lord of history and Ruler of the nations, the 
words of one of the greatest monarchs of the ancient world, King David, 
are worthy of our contemplation. He prayed, How precious also are thy 
thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should 
count them, they are more in number than the sand ***.--Psalm 139:17, 
18.
  Gracious, loving Father, as the proximity of adjournment sine die and 
election day increases, the buildup of pressure increases. Like a vice, 
the Senators are squeezed between time and what remains to be done, 
which often stimulates cold hearts and hot heads.
  Dear God, we pray for a special, divine dispensation to cover the 
Senate, its Members and all who labor in this place. Grant grace to 
distinguish between significance and urgency, and guide the Senators in 
a way that will close the 103d Congress, leaving them with great 
satisfaction and little disappointment.
  In His name who is the way, the truth, and the life. Amen.

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