[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 17 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and even for 
evermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the 
Lord is to be praised. The Lord is high above all nations, and His 
glory above the heavens.--Psalm 113:2-4.
  We worship Thee, O Lord, not because Thou dost need our worship, but 
because we need to worship. We enrich our humanity when we praise and 
adore Thee; we diminish our humanity when we fail to worship Thee. 
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
  Let Thy blessing rest upon all who labor here, not that we may 
exploit Thy blessings on ourselves, but that what is done here, what is 
decided here, will be a blessing to those who are served by the Senate.
  Be with those who are in need--the ill, the discouraged, the 
frustrated, the lonely, the tempted, those without hope, those 
financially burdened, those alienated from friends or loved ones. In 
grace, touch their lives with healing and peace. Let Thy will be done 
in the Senate, in all the offices and homes represented here.
  We pray in the name of Him who is the Great Physician, the Wonderful 
Counselor, the Prince of Peace. Amen.

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