Women's Ordination Trifold by Ingo Sorke

This is what we should be
doing during the Tarrying
Time. Those who accepted the
advent doctrine were roused
to the necessity of repentance
and humiliation before God.
Many had long been halting
between Christ and the world; now they felt that it was time
to take a stand. “The things of
eternity assumed to them an
unwonted reality. Heaven was
brought near, and they felt
themselves guilty before God.”—Bliss, page 146.
Christians were quickened to
new spiritual life. They were
made to feel that time was
short, that what they had to
do for their fellow men must be done quickly. Earth receded,
eternity seemed to open
before them, and the soul,
with all that pertained to its
immortal weal or woe, was
felt to eclipse every temporal object. The Spirit of God rested
upon them and gave power to
their earnest appeals to their
brethren, as well as to sinners,
to prepare for the day of God.
The silent testimony of their daily life was a constant
rebuke to formal and
unconsecrated church
members. These did not wish
to be disturbed in their pursuit
of pleasure, their devotion to money-making, and their
ambition for worldly honor.
Hence the enmity and
opposition excited against the
advent faith and those who
proclaimed it. – {GC 340.1}

Erich, Ingo’s paper is in fact being translated into German, by Ingo himself. Just write to him at

Excellent resource. Thank you very much.