[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 25 I held a Council with Brother Richards in the forenoon. Attended Council in the Afternoon and went to the Theater in the Evening. <I saw> 24 <pair of legs of women.>
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Wednesday.
ReplyDelete"Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" ( 2 Peter 2:14).
ReplyDeleteOLD WILFY may have been thinking:
ReplyDelete"I must somehow get me some more plural wives [to a new total of 12], and then I can enjoy this burlesque show at home."
Mormon polygamists have always had "eyes full of adultery."
ReplyDeleteSo instead of attending his Wednesday night mid-week church service, Apostle Wilfy goes to the "burley-q".
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