--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1840 to 1841. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 2 number: 7 published: 1841-02-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“Minutes of a Conference held in the Brownhelm branch, of the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, in Lorain county, Ohio, Nov. 26th, 1840,” *Times and Seasons* 2, no. 7 (February 1, 1841): 307." printed_title: Minutes of a Conference held in the Brownhelm branch, of the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, in Lorain county, Ohio, Nov. 26th, 1840. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v2n07.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 start_page: 307 end_page: 307 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1841 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 publication_year: 1841 --- # Minutes of a Conference held in the Brownhelm branch, of the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, in Lorain county, Ohio, Nov. 26th, 1840 Meeting commenced at 1 o'clock P. M. by a discourse from Elder Chilion Daniels, then adjourned until evening at early candle lighting. Conference met pursuant to adjournment, and a discourse was delivered by Elder Thos. Kerr, and followed by Elders Hughes, and Coltrin: the Conference adjourned until half past nine A. M. Conference met pursuant to adjournment, a discourse was delivered by Elder John Hughes, and followed by Elder Zebidee Coltrin at considerable length, then adjourned for one hour: at two o'clock, Conference met pursuant to adjournment, commenced by a discourse from Elder Z. Coltrin on the seven dispensations, it was one of great interest to the church; many of the Saints bore testimony to the truth of the gospel, and expressed a firm and unshaken confidence in the doctrines they have received; then adjourned until six o'clock in the evening. Conference met pursuant to adjournment, President Coltrin opened the meeting by prayer, then proceeded to ordain Brother Charles Weedon an elder in the Brownhelm branch. The Brownhelm church was represented by Elder Z. Coltrin, containing 15 members, and one elder, one priest, and one deacon all in good standing. Elder Hughes represented the Brooklyn, and Parmy branch of the church, consisting of twenty members, one elder, one priest, one teacher, all in good standing. The prospect looks favorable in this region of country, for doing much good, notwithstanding the many craftsmen such as Alexander and Demetrius; together with a hireling priesthood, are doing all they can to stop the work of God, but God's people will come out and be separate from among them. ZEBIDEE COLTRIN, President. Thos. Kerr, Clk.