--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1844 to 1845. 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: 5 number: 1 published: 1844-01-01 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 Conistick, Kalamanoo [Kalamazoo] Co., Mich. the 8th 9th and 10th days of December, 1843,” *Times and Seasons* 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1844): 397–398." printed_title: Minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Conistick, Kalamanoo [Kalamazoo] Co., Mich. the 8th 9th and 10th days of December, 1843. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1844-01-01_5_1 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v5n01.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_1844-01-01_5_1 start_page: 397 end_page: 398 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 1844 (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_1844-01-01_5_1 publication_year: 1844 --- # Minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Conistick, Kalamanoo [Kalamazoo] Co., Mich. the 8th 9th and 10th days of December, 1843 Conference met at 2 o'clock. Elders present, E. M. Webb, P. Webb, E. Lee, J. Cuykendall, D. M. Grant, W. R. Loveland, S. Willard, J. Bottonis, C. Dunn, D. Savage, D. A. Cobb and J. H. Sosee. Elder E. M. Webb, was chosen president, and Elder C. Dunn clerk. Opened by singing and prayer, by elder Grant; after which the elders gave a history of their travels, the spread of the truth and their determinations to labor in the vineyard; after which, E. M. Webb represented the Kalamazoo branch as consisting of forty-two members, two elders, one priest, one teacher and two deacons. Elder Grant represented Duck Creek branch, Lake Co., Ind., nine members, one elder; also Porter branch, Porter Co., Ind., one elder. Elder Dunn represented the Mottville branch, St. Joseph Co., Mich., seven members, one elder. J. Bottoon represented the Albion Branch, ten members, two elders, one priest, one deacon. Elder Gamut represented Quincy branch, six members, one elder, one priest. D. Savage represented the Pawpaw branch, Van Buren county, seven members, three elders, sixteen scattering members. On motion the conference adjourned till 6 1-2 o'clock, P. M. Conference met agreeable to adjournment, and was opened by C. Dunn. Elder Savage then addressed the meeting upon the necessity of receiving a continuation of revelations, and was followed by elders Dunn and Gamut. Adjourned until 11 o'clock the following day. Conference met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened by the president. C. Dunn then addressed the meeting on the subject of the priesthood, and was followed by elder Grant. Adjourn for 1-2 hour. Met pursuant to adjournment; opened by brother Loveland, after which Samuel Willard, Edward Willard, Jeremiah Crumm, were ordained elders by the voice of the conference, under the hands of elders Gamut and Webb;-Jonathan Willard and John R. Gilbert to the office of priests by the same. Adjourned till 1-2 past 6 P.M. Met pursuant to adjournment, opened by brother Loveland. J. Bottom spoke on the literal fulfilment [fulfillment] of prophesy. Adjourned until 9 o'clock next day A.M. Met pursuant to adjournment. Brother S. Willard opened the meeting by singing and prayer. Elder Gamut then addressed the meeting on the subject of the marriage supper of the Lamb. Elder Webb then spoke on the gospel. Conference adjourned to meet at Albion, Calhoun county, Mich., on Friday preceding the second Sunday in March next, 1844. The elders bring us cheering news from abroad, of the speed [spread ?] of the gospel, truly the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few. E. M. Webb, Prest. E. C. Dunn, Clk.