The voice of the surf heard now and then was a positive pleasure, like the speech of a brother.
偶尔听到一阵浪涛声，就象听到教友演说，心里感到由衷的高兴。Men may be church members, and may apparently work earnestly, performing a round of duties from year to year, and yet be unconverted.
人或许是教友，表面上似乎诚恳地工作着，年复一年履行固定的任务，而仍然还没有悔改。But can Utah's impressive ex-governor catch up with the front-runner for the Republican nomination, his fellow-Mormon Mitt Romney?
不过这位让人钦佩的犹他州前州长，能在共和党提名竞选中追上暂居领先的摩门教教友米特•罗姆尼么？He conceives it to be his duty to know all the private doings and desires of the flock entrusted to his care.
他认为，了解托付他照管的教友们私下的所作所为和他们的欲望是他的职责。The Brethren are a quiet folk, With time to think of others. They do not boast of what they do For some who are not brothers.
布莱斯恩人从来不多话心地善良常常把人牵挂不是教友也要全力帮他做了好事他们从不自夸。And many a solitude has been lighted by the discovery of what the Quakers call "that of God in every man. "
教友派信徒宣称的“上帝与每个人同在”的发现照亮了许多孤独的日子。They are your brethren, come to visit for a while, that they may share in the vision of your love and wisdom.
他们是你们的教友，来到这参观一阵子，并与你们分享爱与智慧的观点。After a while, the preacher said, "Folks, I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. "
片刻之后，传教士说：“教友们，我不得不告诉你们，今天我还没有准备好该讲点什么！”If you have your Bible, I invite you to open it to a very familiar chapter for Seventh-day Adventists.
如果现在你有圣经，请你打开基督复临教派教友很熟悉的那章。