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Edson bought three 300-pound bells for $20.00 and placed one bell on the Morning Star Steamboat, one bell in the Morning Star SDA Church which he built, and the other bell he placed in the Yazoo SDA Church (Lintonia Chapel).
The bell served as a general invitation to all within hearing distance to come to the boat and be taught how to read and write and to learn of Jesus' love to them. Because of the bell's cordial tones, the bell stirred up curiosity and it made one feel that he or she was welcomed on the boat. The bell gave direction to the listener as to where the event was taking place.
Years later Mrs. Clara Peterson-Rock acquired the bell through the efforts of Elder C. E. Dudley, and Mr. Adell Warren, and the bell was housed in the Oakwood University (College) Museum in the late 1970s. Elder C. E. Dudley discovered the bell under the steps to the basement of the Second Morning Star SDA Church.
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Morning Star Riverboat, Morning Star, Morning Star Bell, Edson White, Ellen White, Will Palmer, Kalamazoo River, the work began on March 10, 1894, the steamer Morning Star.