Deseret Weekly reports on Wilford Woodruff's April 1891 General Conference talk; taught that "God permitting Adam and Eve to partake of the forbidden fruit" was seen by many as an alleged mistake.
"General Conference," Deseret Weekly 43, no. 16 (April 11, 1891): 550, The Wilford Woodruff Papers website, accessed march 13, 2023
Those who were at Conference yesterday listened to some very strong testimonies presented by the Apostles. There was one discourse in particular to which he desired now to refer; that of Brother Abraham H. Cannon, who alluded to the views of certain persons as to the great mistakes which had been made in this world, some of them by people calling themselves Prophets, Apostles, and Saints of God. One of these alleged mistakes was in God permitting Adam and Eve to partake of the forbidden fruit; another was the mistake made in the Savior being born in a stable and cradled in a manger, instead of his coming as a conqueror, as the leader of the inhabitants of the earth; another was that the Apostles and Prophets ceased to have revelations when Joseph Smith died. It was to these principles that he wished to refer.