Once there is a town where all the plants crop badly because of the lack of rain for a long time. Therefore, a preacher makes everyone gather together and prepare to hold a prayer meeting for rain.

有一个小镇很长时间没有下雨了，令当地农作物损失惨重，于是牧师把大家集合起来，准备在教堂里开一个祈求降雨的祷告会。

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Ben Weatherstaff felt as if he had somehow been led into appearing at a prayer-meeting.

本·威瑟斯塔夫觉得，自己好像不知怎么地被拉进了祈祷会一样。

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The priest closed the meeting with a prayer.

牧师用祈祷来结束这次会议。

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For example, in April of two thousand five, top church officials held a historic meeting in this center for prayer.

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In Dhaka on Sunday, about 25, 000 people attended a mass funeral prayer meeting and at least 17 people were hurt when a passenger train running between Chittagong and Dhaka was set alight by protesters.

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Every cabinet meeting begins with a prayer.

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Sunday's meeting was a first for the Vatican, which had never hosted a prayer gathering of two leaders engaged in conflict.

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