Source Report Card
Chapter 40: Monday Morning: Prepare, Don't Panic
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D&C 38:29-30 | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 2 Jan 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 45:35 ("Be not troubled") | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 7 Mar 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 49:24 ("the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose") | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | May 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Matthew 24:32-36, 45-51 (fig tree; faithful servant) | Jesus Christ | c. AD 30-33 (traditional estimate) | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Malachi 3:16-17 | Malachi | c. 450-430 BC (scholars' estimate) | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Conference Report, p. 26 ("at least a year ahead") | J. Reuben Clark Jr. (then First Counselor in the First Presidency) | April 1937 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| Same talk, pp. 24-25 (relays "financiers and industrialists" forecasting a worse depression; book's note: a 1937-38 recession and WWII followed, no bigger depression) | J. Reuben Clark Jr. (then First Counselor in the First Presidency), passing on others' forecast | April 1937 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A that he said it; not revelation |
| "Prepare for the Days of Tribulation" ("boarding the ark") | Ezra Taft Benson (then President of the Twelve) | Oct 1980 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "If Ye Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear" ("run on the grocery store") | Gordon B. Hinckley (then Church President) | Oct 2005 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| Gospel Topics / Food Storage (three-month supply) | The Church | current | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| "Preparation for the Second Coming" (24-hour kit) | Dallin H. Oaks (then Quorum of the Twelve; now Church President) | April 2004 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "Embrace the Future with Faith," women's session (food storage or testimony? "Yes!") | Russell M. Nelson (then Church President) | Oct 2020 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "Counsel to Youth" ("Not so!") | Boyd K. Packer (then President of the Twelve) | Oct 2011 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again" ("The best is yet to come") | Russell M. Nelson (then Church President; deceased 2025) | Oct 2024 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "Alive in Christ" (peacemakers) | Dallin H. Oaks (Church President) | 5 April 2026 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| Newsroom, "Church Responds to Inquiries About Preparedness" ("extreme efforts to anticipate catastrophic events") | The Church | 26 Sept 2015 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Woodruff sermon, Deseret Weekly, 11 Oct 1890, p. 517 ("I do not think anyone can tell the hour"); in Teachings: Wilford Woodruff, ch. 24 | Wilford Woodruff (then Church President) | 1890 | 2nd-hand (reported sermon) | 4: Prophet, unofficial | C |
| Cherry trees story (Richard L. Evans, CR April 1950, p. 105, "a reported statement") | Richard L. Evans (then First Council of the Seventy), recalling a reply to unnamed "brethren of his time" | April 1950 | 3rd-hand, no named witness | 5: Faithful members' records | D |