I have a question......about a month ago there was a great quote on this blog by Marion G. Romney about following the prophet.....for the life of me I can't find it now. Please re-post! :-)
Ok I don't want to knock this at all....but this can be very discouraging to many people! Just putting a garden in can be very daunting for many and yes, even impossible for others. Not saying that it isn't good information....but I don't believe that the Lord expects - or even WANTS- us all to become completely self-sufficient! The only way we can even have an economy is by specialization of skills. So yes, it's good to have the skills you need for survival, but you don't have to do it all right now. Talk about shut-down. I'm not saying that you shouldn't post this kind of stuff, either, Iraq. Just saying for others' benefit (or you wife's, LOL!) that we DONT have to do it all! I have felt prompted for many years to learn how to spin, weave, and learn other fiber arts skills. This is right up my alley, yet others would find it daunting or impossible. As long as we are continually increasing our preparedness, survival, and self-sufficiency skills, and follow the Lord's promptings, I really think we won't have much to worry about. I have also had much opportunity over the past few years to learn about natural healing and first aid skills. These things could be more pivotal to staying alive (on a more short-term basis, of course) than having a year supply of food. Just sayin'!
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard.” (Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
Heber C Kimball explained; “This is a part of our religion – to lay up stores and provide for ourselves and for the surrounding country; for the day is near when they will come by thousands and by millions, with their fineries, to get a little bread.
Anticipate Emergency Situations, Inventory present supplies, Involve the neighborhood in storage activities, plant a garden, obtain a survival library, safe storage of important records, pre-arranged emergency travel plans.
The Prophet Said To Plant A Garden Primary Song: The prophet said to plant a garden, so that’s what we’ll do. For God has given rich brown soil, the rain and sunshine too. And if we plant the seeds just right and tend them carefully, before we know, good things will grow to feed our family. We’ll plant the seeds to fill our needs, then plant a few to spare, And show we love our neighbors with the harvest that we share. Oh, won’t you plant a garden too, and share the many joys. A garden brings in health and love to happy girls and boys
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson One of the first principles revealed to father Adam when he was driven out of the Garden of Eden was this: “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground” (Gen. 3:19). All we obtain in life of a material nature comes as a product of labor and the providence of God. Work alone produces life’s necessities.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “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.” (President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., in Conference Report, Apr. 1937, p. 26.)
She is Not Afraid of the Snow for her Household Barbara B Smith October 1976 I outlined in the April 1976 welfare services meeting eight suggested topics for Relief Society homemaking mini-classes. I repeat these by way of review: How to save systematically for emergencies and home storage. How to, what to, and where to store. How to store seeds, prepare soil, acquire proper tools for gardening. How to grow your own vegetables. How to can and dry foods. How to teach and help your family eat foods needed for physical health. How to do basic machine and hand sewing, mending, and clothing remodeling. How to plan and prepare nutritious, appetizing meals, using the resources available and foods from home storage shelves.
A First Presidency Letter read in Sacrament called Preparing for Emergencies was issued June 24, 1988 by Presidents Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B Hinckley and Thomas S. Monson: We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and when possible fuel for at least a year. We have not laid down an exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grains, legumes, cooking oil, powdered milk, salt, sugar or honey, and water. Most families can achieve and maintain this basic level of preparedness. The decision to do more than this rests with the individual.
Bishop H Burke Peterson said in December 1998: Even most Mormons, who have been told for generations to have a year’s supply of food in reserve, have not done it. They have trusted in the food-delivery system.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Today, I emphasize a most basic principle: home production and storage. Have you ever paused to realize what would happen to your community or nation if transportation were paralyzed or if we had a war or depression? How would you and your neighbors obtain food? How long would the corner grocery store—or supermarket—sustain the needs of the community?
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
Prepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard.” (Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
J. Richard Clarke The Household of Faith October 1980 General Conference: There are some who feel that they are secure as long as they have funds to purchase food. Money is not food. If there is no food in the stores or in the warehouses, you cannot sustain life with money.
J. Richard Clarke The Household of Faith October 1980 General Conference: Our prophets have admonished us to (1) increase our personal righteousness, (2) live within our means and get out of debt, (3) Produce, can, and store enough food, clothing, and where possible, fuel for one year.
October 1973 Prepare Ye Ezra Taft Benson “The day will come,” said President Wilford Woodruff, “when, as we have been told, we shall all see the necessity of making our own shoes and clothing and raising our own food. …” (Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p. 166.)
July 1973 “Watchman, Warn the Wicked” Ezra Taft Benson The free people of the United States and the free world can and will face tomorrow without fear, without doubt, and with full confidence. We do not fear the phony population explosion, nor do we fear a shortage of food, if we can be free and good. The Lord has declared, “… the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare. …” (D&C 104:17.) We can accept this promise with confidence.
Church News, November 21, 1953, pg 4 J. Reuben Clark … where food is scarce or there is none at all, and so with clothing and shelter, money may be no good for there may be nothing to buy, and you cannot eat money, you cannot get enough of it together to burn to keep warm, and you cannot wear it.
She is Not Afraid of the Snow for her Household Barbara B Smith October 1976 I outlined in the April 1976 welfare services meeting eight suggested topics for Relief Society homemaking mini-classes. I repeat these by way of review: How to save systematically for emergencies and home storage. How to, what to, and where to store. How to store seeds, prepare soil, acquire proper tools for gardening. How to grow your own vegetables. How to can and dry foods. How to teach and help your family eat foods needed for physical health. How to do basic machine and hand sewing, mending, and clothing remodeling. How to plan and prepare nutritious, appetizing meals, using the resources available and foods from home storage shelves.
“How Often do Church member arise early in the morning to do the will of the Lord?...How often do we say, ‘Yes, I will obey the COMMANDMENTS to store food and to help others, but just now I have neither the time nor the money to spare; I will obey later’? Oh, foolish people! While we procrastinate, the harvest will be over and we will not be saved. Now is the time to follow Abraham’s example; now is the time to repent; now is the time for prompt obedience to God’s will.” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p.174)
In 1975 Bishop H. Burke Peterson reported on a study made by the Utah State University regarding the Saint’s response to storing food as counseled: The study revealed that only about 5 percent of our church members had a year’s supply of meat products, 3 percent had a year’s supply of dried or canned fruits or vegetables, approximately 18 percent had a year’s supply of grains. In the milk group, only three families in a hundred had a year’s supply of canned or powdered milk. On the average, about 30 percent of the church had a two-month supply of food; the remainder had little or none. Bishop Victor L Brown in 1980 said, A recent church survey… indicates that in emergency circumstances – such as job loss, illness or natural disaster – the average family had the following supplies: food, twenty-six weeks; clothes, fifty-two weeks; water, two weeks and fuel, four days.
I have a question......about a month ago there was a great quote on this blog by Marion G. Romney about following the prophet.....for the life of me I can't find it now. Please re-post! :-)
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Ok I don't want to knock this at all....but this can be very discouraging to many people! Just putting a garden in can be very daunting for many and yes, even impossible for others. Not saying that it isn't good information....but I don't believe that the Lord expects - or even WANTS- us all to become completely self-sufficient! The only way we can even have an economy is by specialization of skills. So yes, it's good to have the skills you need for survival, but you don't have to do it all right now. Talk about shut-down. I'm not saying that you shouldn't post this kind of stuff, either, Iraq. Just saying for others' benefit (or you wife's, LOL!) that we DONT have to do it all! I have felt prompted for many years to learn how to spin, weave, and learn other fiber arts skills. This is right up my alley, yet others would find it daunting or impossible. As long as we are continually increasing our preparedness, survival, and self-sufficiency skills, and follow the Lord's promptings, I really think we won't have much to worry about. I have also had much opportunity over the past few years to learn about natural healing and first aid skills. These things could be more pivotal to staying alive (on a more short-term basis, of course) than having a year supply of food. Just sayin'!
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard.” (Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
ReplyDeleteHeber C Kimball explained; “This is a part of our religion – to lay up stores and provide for ourselves and for the surrounding country; for the day is near when they will come by thousands and by millions, with their fineries, to get a little bread.
ReplyDeleteAnticipate Emergency Situations, Inventory present supplies, Involve the neighborhood in storage activities, plant a garden, obtain a survival library, safe storage of important records, pre-arranged emergency travel plans.
The Prophet Said To Plant A Garden Primary Song: The prophet said to plant a garden, so that’s what we’ll do. For God has given rich brown soil, the rain and sunshine too. And if we plant the seeds just right and tend them carefully, before we know, good things will grow to feed our family. We’ll plant the seeds to fill our needs, then plant a few to spare, And show we love our neighbors with the harvest that we share. Oh, won’t you plant a garden too, and share the many joys. A garden brings in health and love to happy girls and boys
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson One of the first principles revealed to father Adam when he was driven out of the Garden of Eden was this: “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground” (Gen. 3:19). All we obtain in life of a material nature comes as a product of labor and the providence of God. Work alone produces life’s necessities.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “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.” (President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., in Conference Report, Apr. 1937, p. 26.)
ReplyDeleteShe is Not Afraid of the Snow for her Household Barbara B Smith October 1976 I outlined in the April 1976 welfare services meeting eight suggested topics for Relief Society homemaking mini-classes. I repeat these by way of review: How to save systematically for emergencies and home storage. How to, what to, and where to store. How to store seeds, prepare soil, acquire proper tools for gardening. How to grow your own vegetables. How to can and dry foods. How to teach and help your family eat foods needed for physical health. How to do basic machine and hand sewing, mending, and clothing remodeling. How to plan and prepare nutritious, appetizing meals, using the resources available and foods from home storage shelves.
ReplyDeleteA First Presidency Letter read in Sacrament called Preparing for Emergencies was issued June 24, 1988 by Presidents Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B Hinckley and Thomas S. Monson: We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and when possible fuel for at least a year. We have not laid down an exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grains, legumes, cooking oil, powdered milk, salt, sugar or honey, and water. Most families can achieve and maintain this basic level of preparedness. The decision to do more than this rests with the individual.
ReplyDeleteBishop H Burke Peterson said in December 1998: Even most Mormons, who have been told for generations to have a year’s supply of food in reserve, have not done it. They have trusted in the food-delivery system.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Today, I emphasize a most basic principle: home production and storage. Have you ever paused to realize what would happen to your community or nation if transportation were paralyzed or if we had a war or depression? How would you and your neighbors obtain food? How long would the corner grocery store—or supermarket—sustain the needs of the community?
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. No more timely counsel, I feel, has been given by President Kimball than his repeated emphasis to grow our own gardens.
ReplyDeletePrepare for the Days of Tribulation Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard.” (Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
ReplyDeleteJ. Richard Clarke The Household of Faith October 1980 General Conference: There are some who feel that they are secure as long as they have funds to purchase food. Money is not food. If there is no food in the stores or in the warehouses, you cannot sustain life with money.
ReplyDeleteJ. Richard Clarke The Household of Faith October 1980 General Conference: Our prophets have admonished us to (1) increase our personal righteousness, (2) live within our means and get out of debt, (3) Produce, can, and store enough food, clothing, and where possible, fuel for one year.
ReplyDeleteOctober 1973 Prepare Ye Ezra Taft Benson “The day will come,” said President Wilford Woodruff, “when, as we have been told, we shall all see the necessity of making our own shoes and clothing and raising our own food. …” (Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p. 166.)
ReplyDeleteJuly 1973 “Watchman, Warn the Wicked” Ezra Taft Benson The free people of the United States and the free world can and will face tomorrow without fear, without doubt, and with full confidence. We do not fear the phony population explosion, nor do we fear a shortage of food, if we can be free and good. The Lord has declared, “… the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare. …” (D&C 104:17.) We can accept this promise with confidence.
ReplyDeleteChurch News, November 21, 1953, pg 4 J. Reuben Clark … where food is scarce or there is none at all, and so with clothing and shelter, money may be no good for there may be nothing to buy, and you cannot eat money, you cannot get enough of it together to burn to keep warm, and you cannot wear it.
ReplyDeleteShe is Not Afraid of the Snow for her Household Barbara B Smith October 1976 I outlined in the April 1976 welfare services meeting eight suggested topics for Relief Society homemaking mini-classes. I repeat these by way of review: How to save systematically for emergencies and home storage. How to, what to, and where to store. How to store seeds, prepare soil, acquire proper tools for gardening. How to grow your own vegetables. How to can and dry foods. How to teach and help your family eat foods needed for physical health. How to do basic machine and hand sewing, mending, and clothing remodeling. How to plan and prepare nutritious, appetizing meals, using the resources available and foods from home storage shelves.
ReplyDelete“How Often do Church member arise early in the morning to do the will of the Lord?...How often do we say, ‘Yes, I will obey the COMMANDMENTS to store food and to help others, but just now I have neither the time nor the money to spare; I will obey later’? Oh, foolish people! While we procrastinate, the harvest will be over and we will not be saved. Now is the time to follow Abraham’s example; now is the time to repent; now is the time for prompt obedience to God’s will.” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p.174)
ReplyDeleteIn 1975 Bishop H. Burke Peterson reported on a study made by the Utah State University regarding the Saint’s response to storing food as counseled: The study revealed that only about 5 percent of our church members had a year’s supply of meat products, 3 percent had a year’s supply of dried or canned fruits or vegetables, approximately 18 percent had a year’s supply of grains. In the milk group, only three families in a hundred had a year’s supply of canned or powdered milk. On the average, about 30 percent of the church had a two-month supply of food; the remainder had little or none. Bishop Victor L Brown in 1980 said, A recent church survey… indicates that in emergency circumstances – such as job loss, illness or natural disaster – the average family had the following supplies: food, twenty-six weeks; clothes, fifty-two weeks; water, two weeks and fuel, four days.
ReplyDelete