MISSION IN GERMANY. 
Although they acted strictly according to law^ 
they were notified that if they should further as- 
semble together to hold religious meetings, they 
would be fined fifteen dollars, as the law states. 
^^Therefore, the undersigned most obedient serv- 
ants, of your most esteemed highness, the King- 
of Bavaria, are compelled to withdraw from the 
Lutheran Church, which they have done. They 
now stand alone, without any spiritual food in 
the church which they so much need ; and they 
desire to build up their own society, — a society 
with the doctrines and confessions of faith which 
your majesty will find annexed to this petition. 
We would most obediently pray your most gra- 
cious majesty, the most serene highness the king 
of Bavaria, to grant to us your most gracious per- 
mission to establish a church of the United 
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Brethren in Christ in the kingdom of Bavaria.’^ 
[Signed by the Petitioners.] 
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