. . . the economy is particularly vulnerable. We have been counseled again and again concerning self-reliance, concerning debt, concerning thrift. . . . As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. . . . I do not know what the future holds. I do not wish to sound negative, but I wish to remind you of the warnings of the scriptures and the teachings of the prophets which we have had constantly before us. I cannot forget the great lesson of Pharaoh's dream of the fat and the lean kine and of the full and withered stalks of corn. I cannot dismiss from my mind the grim warnings of the Lord as set forth in the 24th chapter of Matthew. (President Gordon B. Hinckley, The Times in Which We Live, Ensign, November 2001)