[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 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:
  * * * For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are 
ordained of God.--Romans 13:1.
  Eternal God, Father of us all, our hearts are filled with unspeakable 
gratitude for the many men and women who serve the Senate.
  We thank Thee for the security people--plainclothes and uniformed. We 
thank Thee for the officers--the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant 
at Arms, the Secretary to the majority and the Secretary to the 
minority--and all who support them in their responsibilities. We thank 
Thee for the men and women whose work requires them to be in the Senate 
Chamber all or much of the time, and for those who support them in 
their labors. We thank You for the pages, for the doorkeepers, and 
floorkeepers. We thank You for the office staffs and committee staffs. 
We thank You for those who maintain buildings and grounds, for the food 
service people, and the many others, most of whom whose labors are 
hidden.
  Thank You, God, for faithful people, unheralded, without whom the 
Senate could not function. May Thy blessing rest upon them all.
  In the name of the Servant of servants we pray. Amen.

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