| Prayers By Congress For America Defending America's Principles of Independence and Liberty Join The Committee of Correspondence |
- PRAYER (Senate - September 18, 1989)
[Page: S11229]
The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D.,
offered the following prayer :
Let us pray:
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust: Psalm 16:1.
Gracious God our Father, looking on the stained glass window
in the Prayer Room, contemplating our first President, George
Washington, on his knees, with this prayer . Thank Thee, Lord,
for the faith of our fathers which in so many ways continually
acknowledged their need of Thee and dependence upon Thee.
Thank Thee for the inspiration of George Washington, the
father of our country kneeling in prayer .
Forgive us, Lord, for our waywardness, for assuming we may
enjoy the same blessings and benefits while, at the same time,
living indifferently to the God in whom they put their trust. Help
us to remember their faith, responsible for the national legacy
they left us lest, in forgetting, we forfeit all the benefits which
accrue from that faith.
Help us, Lord, to repent of our forgetfulness and put our trust in
Thee.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
