每年世界各地不少受按立的牧师及传道人会退休，有些则离世，也需要人接替他们的工作。

Each year many ordained ministers and missionaries throughout the world also retire, and some die. Someone needs to fill those shoes too.

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This novel--as you will soon see, Onnie Jay Holy once you get to the parts where Onnie Jay Holy begins to preach-- this novel is very much a critique of sentimentality.

这本书--你很快会看到，当你一读到,开始传道的部分-,这本书就几乎成一部对多愁善感的评论。

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