72 MISSION IN GERMANY. 
establish a United Brethren Church in Bavaria. 
Pending the- consideration of this petition by the 
king, the Greneral Conference of 1873 assembled, 
and Mr. Bischotf came all the way from Germany 
to attend it. And it was well he did. The con- 
ference seemed to be inclined to think our mis- 
sionaries had been entirely too forward in present- 
ing this petition. Some, however, thought it 
would have been well, had not fragments of the 
Discipline been left out of the petition. Still 
others believed they ought to have waited till 
authorized by the General Conference, or at least 
by the Board of Missions, before taking this step. 
Considerable discussion ensued. The part of the 
report of the Committee on Missions which 
recommeneded that Mr. Bischolf's proceedings be 
adopted, was finally referred to a special committee 
consisting of the Board of Bishops and Dr. Davis. 
The next day they reported in favor of adopting 
the recommendation of the mission- committee, 
and the conference without opposition approved 
the report. 
As the petition presented to the king is rather 
a unique document I herewith present it to my 
readers : 
