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MISSION IN GERMANY. 
MISSION IN GERMANY. 
CHAPTER I. 
When the General Conference was held in Leb« 
anon, Pennsylvania, May, 1869, there was de- 
veloped a strong desire to project another foreign 
mission. Since the establishment of Sherbro 
Mission the Church had increased one half in 
members and wealth, and it was believed that she 
was not only able, but anxious to have the privi- 
lege to support another foreign mission. The 
German delegates were especially anxious ♦to un- 
furl our banner in Germany. They maintained 
that we could more cheaply and more speedily 
win souls there than any other foreign country. 
It was easily reached by well established lines of 
travel, the missionaries would speak the language 
of the people, and without the tedious preliminary 
process necessary in most foreign countries they 
could immediately commence the work of evan- 
