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| O. R. L. Crosier |
Hiram Edson was the first to catch a glimpse of the Bible doctrine of the heavenly sanctuary.
Young Crosier, school-teacher and preacher, was the man walking over the fields with Edson on that morning of October 23, 1844, the day after the disappointment when Elder Edson stopped alone for a few moments of prayer by a shock of corn. Then it was that the truth was flashed into Brother Edson’s mind, “The sanctuary to be cleansed is in heaven.”
This earth was not the sanctuary to which Christ was to come in
1844! Hiram Edson told his experience to Crosier and others, and they began immediately to study the Bible doctrine of the sanctuary. Crosier was the student penman who wrote out the exposition.
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| Hiram Edson |
1844! Hiram Edson told his experience to Crosier and others, and they began immediately to study the Bible doctrine of the sanctuary. Crosier was the student penman who wrote out the exposition.
Hiram Edson led out in securing funds and arranging for its publication.
This exposition was a most important step in the development of the advent doctrines.
It came to the attention of our pioneer Sabbath-keepers in New England. Soon Joseph Bates, of Massachusetts, visited Edson and the group with him and gave to them the Sabbath light.
Thus two great fundamental truths were shining out,
clear and bright."
W.A. Spicer
