I am thankful that God allows those who do not keep his commandments to fall away, so that his Church may be cleansed, and, in this respect, the Church is different from any other that is upon the earth…. The sifting or weeding process has been going on from the commencement of this Church until the present time.


George Q. Cannon, Ensign, Nov. 1993 p.20 Originally found in Journal of Discourses 18:84