Which Latter-day Saint listed below did the Angel Moroni appear
to?
A. Mary
Whitmer
B. Emma Smith
C. Lot Smith
D. Warren
Cowdery
Yesterday’s
answer:
(D) Utah
William
Paul Daniels was one of the first people of African descent to receive the
gospel in Africa. He was born 28 August 1864 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and
served for 16 years as a deacon in the Dutch Reformed Church before being
taught by the missionaries in 1913. Deeply impressed with the gospel message,
he traveled with two of his sons to Utah in 1915 to observe Church members and
more thoroughly study the gospel. During this eight-month visit, Brother
Daniels was baptized. Prior to returning to South Africa, he received counsel
from Elder David O. McKay of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who told him:
“Don’t’ worry, Brother Daniels. If you don’t hold the priesthood on earth, you
will hold it in heaven.” He also received a blessing from President Joseph F.
Smith, which meant a great deal to him throughout his life.
After Brother Daniels returned home he lived as a faithful Latter-day
Saint, but the social atmosphere at the time made it difficult for his family
to participate in Church meetings or activities. They usually held church in
their home, and each Monday evening they studied Jesus the Christ. They called their family gatherings the “Branch
of Love.”
Arnold
K. Garr et al., Encyclopedia of
Latter-day Saint History (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2000), 274
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