# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1849_S87
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The costs for the half-yearly maintenance of this station are:

1. Board and clothing for 5–7 boys .............................................. $100.00
2. For mission travels ..............................................................         30.00
3. A maidservant's wage ...........................................................         12.00
4. Personal needs of the missionary .............................................        100.00
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                    Total ......................................................... $242.00

The half-yearly costs for both stations thus amount to 459 dollars,
the yearly costs ................................ 918 dollars.

Missionary Baierlein leaves it to the synod to decide whether
something should also be distributed to the heathen who are often made
ill by hunger, noting that in his most recent letter he was urged to do
so by the Nuremberg Central Society.

The commission further proposes: 1. that the synod reckon its
takeover of the Michigan stations from June 1 of this year. For ease of
accounting it would probably be best to send the money for the
mission's upkeep to the stations semi-annually, according to the civil
year. 2. That the synod urgently impress upon all its members the duty
of contributing, through prayer and gifts of money — and where
possible also of clothing, foodstuffs, etc. — to the happy flourishing of
the stations entrusted to it, and call upon the congregations for living
participation. 3. That the synod appoint a responsible committee and
furnish it with the necessary authority to settle the standing of
Missionary Auch, as soon as he should apply for admission to the
synod, etc.

As for Oregon, finally, means are still lacking at present to carry out
a mission there. The commission nevertheless recommends that the
synod not withhold its attention and its prayers from the heathen in
that far country on the Pacific [literally, "the quiet sea"], since there is
good reason to hope that the Lord will, in his own time — and perhaps
soon — open a way there for the Gospel. Worth noting, too, is the
steady emigration flowing toward California, as a result of which
communication with that country is being ever more advanced; worth
noting also is that Chinese, lured by the gold, are coming to California.
May they, the commission concludes, one day find the precious pearl
through the service of our missionaries; may the Lord enlighten us, that
we may pay close heed to his signs!


Document Concerning the Transfer of the Mission Stations
Frankenmuth and Bethany.

To the chairman of the mission committee of the German Lutheran
Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, the Reverend Pastor
Hermann Fick at Neu-Melle, Mo.

From several letters that have come from members of the venerable
Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States to the undersigned Pastor
Wilhelm Löhe, it was to be seen that the assumption that the mission
station at Frankenmuth, Mich., stood under the direction of the pastor
named [i.e., Löhe] had not been without influence on how its
relationship to the aforementioned synod was arranged. At the same
time, the wish was found to have been expressed that the station be
handed over to the synod. Pastor W. Löhe found absolutely nothing to
object to in this request, since he