120 years ago today - Oct 7, 1898

[Brigham Young Jr.]
... Bro[ther] Jno [John W.] Taylor who made some very unwise remarks [that in one rural area, 80 percent of LDS marriages involve premarital sex]. Pres[ident]. [George Q.] Cannon stated Bro[ther]. T[aylor]. was wrong, had no right to speak on hearsay accusing innocent persons of immoral practices [i.e., accusing members of the Tabernacle Choir of immorality]; laid some of it to his zeal. Pres[ident] Geo[rge]. Q. C[annon]. was very kind to Jno. [John] and allayed feeling which was aroused against Jno. [John] W. T[aylor].

[Brigham Young Jr. Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]

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