"Prepare Ye"

Do you ever wonder what the Prophet's have said about food storage and preparation? Here is a small portion from an article written by Ezra Taft Benson way back in 1974, with additional advise from a conference address in 1937, yet so timely for our very day!

Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare Ye,” Ensign, Jan 1974, 68

At the April 1937 general conference of the Church, President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., of the First Presidency, asked: “What may we as a people and as individuals do for ourselves to prepare to meet this oncoming disaster, which God in his wisdom may not turn aside from us?” President Clark then set forth these inspired basic principles of the Church welfare program:

*“First, and above and beyond everything else, let us live righteously. …

*“Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague; where we are now in debt, let us get out of debt; if not today, then tomorrow.

*“Let us straitly and strictly live within our incomes, and save a little.

*“Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead. You of small means put your money in foodstuffs and wearing apparel, not in stocks and bonds; you of large means will think you know how to care for yourselves, but I may venture to suggest that you do not speculate. Let every head of every household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let every man who has a garden spot, garden it; every man who owns a farm, farm it.” (Conference Report, April 1937, p. 26.)

For the righteous the gospel provides a warning before a calamity, a program for the crises, a refuge for each disaster.

The Lord has said that “the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven …” (Mal. 4:1), but he assures us that “he that is tithed shall not be burned. …” (D&C 64:23.)

The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to prophets and stored at least a year’s supply of survival food.

Thank You for the warnings and Thank You for the council.

 Follow The Prophet!