Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
The next which was Sunday we
walked from Syracuse to Richland Oswego Co. N. Y.
where I was again blessed with the privilege of taking
by the hand my brethren after the flesh—namely,
Azmon and Thompson Woodruff. I had not seen
either of them for three years. I found my cousin
Elad ^Eldad^ Woodruff with them.
There was something of a coldness
manifested by my family relatives towards myself
and the two brethren in the Church who accompanied
me. This was because of our religion and This coldness
was especially shown by Elizabeth my brother's wife
Notwithstanding that it was against
the principles of my brother's family to receive us for
the night we were permitted to sup with them and
one of my former neighbours Mr Walter Menter gave
us a place to lay our heads for the night which we
gladly accepted.
I called in the morning at my brother
Azmon's and conversed with him and also my brother
Thompson upon temporal and spiritual subjects. Neither
of them manifested any hardness towards me in the
morning but both appeared affected. Brother Azmon
said he was still seeking for light and truth and should
not have left the Church of Latter-day Saints had it not
been for his trials and temptations &c.
Having commended them to God I took the
parting hand of my brethren and their household feeling
perhaps that it might be the last time that I should see
them in the flesh. I left with some painful sensations
and a firm belief that there would be some change in their
household which presentiment I expressed to my brother
Azmon. In my heart I prayed the Lord's mercy upon
my brethren—kinsmen after the flesh but I ^could^ not say
as I left the threshold of his house the peace and
