The Dawning Of A Brighter Day-The Church In Black Africa By Alexander B. Morrison

The Dawning Of A Brighter Day-The Church In Black Africa By Alexander B. Morrison 149 pages
 “In some ways establishing the gospel in Africa represents the most difficult challenge the Church has ever had to face…We will succeed in Africa only as we learn and come to understand the oftentimes confusing social, political, historical, and economic realities of that cast continent and base what we do on real knowledge.”
 So writes Alexander B. Morrison, a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In The Dawning of a Brighter Day, Elder Morrison describes some of the “confusing realities” of Black Africa, particularly as they pertain to proselyting efforts of the Church there.
 “The golden key that unlocked the door to bringing the fullness of the gospel to Black Africa was the revelation on priesthood, received in June 1978,” he explains. Since then, missions and stakes have been established in several countries, and many faithful individuals have been converted and are assuming leadership roles among the members.
 Today, “the clouds of a long night’s darkness are beginning to roll away from Africa as a new day dawns,” Elder Morrison concludes. “It is a day whose light is the Son of God, a day make brighter by the glow of the glorious gospel of Christ.”