Erastus Otis Haven

thumb|right|Erastus Otis Haven Erastus Otis Haven (November 1, 1820 – August 2, 1881) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1880. Quotes thumb|Erastus Otis Haven Christianity depends finally on consciousness and experience. From other departments of the mind she may retire at times or seem to, but never from this. Sitting here, if allowed to, on the throne of the soul, she occasionally walks into the other rooms and sets them in order; and accustomed lo her presence, sooner or later the soul finds every department flooded with her light. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 134. External links Category:Theologians from Boston Category:1881 deaths Category:Essayists from the United States Category:Methodists from the United States Category:1820 births