“The bulk of the thousands who have abandoned Mormonism have not gone into our churches, but have settled into helpless indifference if not hopeless atheism…”

“It is hard to get good men to come to Utah. After coming, most of them leave at the first disappointment. WE NEED MEN HERE WITH THE SAME SETTLED CONVICTION THAT TAKES OTHERS TO THE FOREIGN FIELD—A CONVICTION THAT GOD HAS CALLED THEM TO THIS AS A LIFE WORK.

— Baptist missionary Bruce Kinney, “The Baptist Home Mission Monthly.” Vol XXIX, No. 3. March 1907. Emphasis original.