March 23rd I arose in the morning refreshed by sleep
& after conversing several hours with Elders Richards Kington, Kay, & Ockey & others I was under the ne
cessity of thaking the parting hand with the Saints in this
region, & among others with Br Edward & Sister Ann Ockey, these are a Brother & sister of one family
& the ownly ones of the Ockey family that have
received the fulness of the gospel as they & their friends
are popular & welthy theiy have had many trials to
pass through in order to do the will of God maintain
their faith & Integrity & prepair to gather with the
Saints of God, for their Brothers are exceding mad
against them. But Br Ockey has maintained his int
egrity like a man of God, when his Brothers has come against
him in anger & abused him & the servants of God that
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~ Tuesday
March 23rd I arose in the morning refreshed by sleep
& after conversing several hours with Elders RichardsKington, Kay, & Ockey & others I was under the ne
cessity of taking the parting hand with the Saints in this
region, & among others with Br Edward & Sister
Ann Ockey, these are a Brother & sister of one family
& the ownly ones of the Ockey family that have
received the fulness of the gospel as they & their friends
are popular & welthy they have had many trials to
pass through in order to do the will of God maintain
their faith & Integrity & prepair to gather with the
Saints of God, for their Brothers are exceding mad
against them. But Br Ockey has maintained his int
egrity like a man of God, when his Brothers has come against
him in anger & abused him & the Servants of God that
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," March 23, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 2, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jPP