--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1842 to 1843. 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: 4 number: 22 published: 1843-10-01 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 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Preston, Halifax County, Province of Nova Scotia, Sept. 18, 1843,” *Times and Seasons* 4, no. 22 (October 1, 1843): 342–343." printed_title: Minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Preston, Halifax County, Province of Nova Scotia, Sept. 18, 1843. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1843-10-01_4_22 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v4n22.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_1843-10-01_4_22 start_page: 342 end_page: 343 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 1843 (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_1843-10-01_4_22 publication_year: 1843 --- # Minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Preston, Halifax County, Province of Nova Scotia, Sept. 18, 1843 Conference convened pursuant to previous appointment, at 2 o'clock, P. M. Elder Robert Dickson then presented before the meeting the object of the conference. The solemnities of the occasion were then opened by singing and prayer. The conference was organized by unanimously electing Elder Robert Dickson, president, and Elder James Jermen, clerk. Resolved, That this branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, be called the Preston Branch. It was moved by Elder R. Dickson, and seconded by T. J. Miller, that Edward Cooke be ordained to the office of elder, to preside over the Preston branch; carried unanimously. Resolved, That Thomas Hamilton be ordained to the office of teacher of this branch. Resolved, That Tobias Immanuel Miller, be ordained to the office of deacon of this branch. The above brethren were then ordained to their respective offices, under the hands of Elders Dickson and Jermen. Representation of Branches.-Preston branch, represented by James Jermen, consists of five members, one elder, one teacher and one deacon, all in good standing. In the city of Halifax, there are four members, represented by elder Dickson. In Onslow, Calchester county, Nova Scotia, there are five members, represented by elder Dickson. Notice was given that Elder Dickson would preach in the evening, at 7 o'clock, from Mark's Gospel, 16th c. 16th v. The people turned out well to hear, and there was much solemnity, as well as great attention paid. There was an old gentleman from several miles distant, baptized immediately before conference commenced; and another man was baptized the next morning, after meeting, about 1 o'clock, A. M. Resolved, That the saints uphold the First Presidency by their prayers. A vote was then passed to transmit a copy of the proceedings of this conference to Nauvoo, for publication in the Times and Seasons. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was then administered. Afterwards the minutes of this conference were read and accepted. The conference adjourned at 5 o'clock, to convene again at the house of T. J. Miller, on the 18th of December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. R. DICKSON, Prest. J. JERMEN, Clerk.