Soon as EGW started writing early and as more and more consuls were presented and she presented along with her own thoughts of her personal beliefs, she soon discovered people that wrote her hundreds of letters on their own questions, mostly to justify or ask further their lack of simple judgements to define her to state more in their own directions - she soon realized she had to write Testimonies TO THE CHURCH!! where she inserted most letters and statements of corrections of peoples self views even to one place she stated to one man he was like a "broken stick". She had to write many, many letters back to correct wrong understanding, fanaticism. extremes of her views and on and on the peoples, concerns, and what did they do, they took one letter to one and used it against the other.
One example. - To one family she addressed because the whole family was obese she stated "You should never eat another egg." Now, as the people read that and did not take into consideration the rest of letter and reasoning what do you think came out of that because they did not read where she was just addressing that family. fanaticism developed they should never eat butter, milk or eggs, - now did she have to go and write again to counter act that absolutely yes! Did that solve the problem..no it did not but it is definitely clear for record for those who's mind and time seek all. But still used to this day to extremes. Then clearly she writes "do not make yourself weak until times demands it. But still those words are made to mean again something else. Are we now at that time, yep pretty close.
If you go down through the Testimonies and view all subjects she has to address, because of the people and their unwillingness to follow simply - just know she understood just what was happening with the same on these posts today here and now.
Are there credentials laying on top of a bureau at her Home, probably so, is that where she laid them, who knows or someone else, no one nor my self denied what the church did and went beyond her realm of comments on what she gave and related by pen then what they perceived to do was their own desires and reasoning- no matter what she said or felt. Several times she mentions she did "not want to make waves".
Now and continually the same situation on all subjects that were addressed in Testimonies you see the same thing happening on larger scale of people finding loop holes to present their own wants and theories instead of just taking it simple and knowing that it sometimes take more then one of her books to know her points do not change. The same in Bible, you have to maybe read several books till the answer is clear.
Reading the Bible first then, her writings I knew the "Inspiration was given exactly the same way and from the same source.
But the reason for testimonies for the church is the very same thing that is happening right now that happened back then.
She states clearly that she was "ordained of God and not man". At that time she presents that ordaining simply meant that she gave the exact message as was given to her and the men that carried that message was honest in presenting it as was give to EGW. That is all it meant but the church followed its own will not hers.
Here it best clue you can go by....show me where she asked to be ordained HERSELF as the other women did. They had laying on hands to be deaconesses and the women's movement was on the march for many things at that time.
EGW did state their should be women doctors that can care for women patients. So yes, women have a field to labor in for women, the poor, womanly duties. As in Biblical days certain women were called to work the will of God as it was God's (remember) 3rd choice before EGW agreed to the task that previous men did not do. So when women think they are specially called to take on an EGW they better think whether its just a cow bellowing off the hillside somewhere doing the calling. There are many good women in
Adventist church that accomplish and work well but do it without self involved or making waves with credentials. No credentials were not need for EGW to advance the "servant of God". In fact the church came after the "messenger" of God" proceeded with task.
I's very less confusion to read all the scenarios for cause and change then just simply read every word of God's last message to a last day people of "whom with tears penned said" that in the end would be very few saved from SDA and other sheep from other folds would come to the front lines in the end. so there you go simple but sure... It is just as important not to add or take away from what God has inspired to write for this age or era. Your either believe or you don't. or change about the worship, music, who should be ordained as scripture states who, jewelry, evolution, and in every subject of man's own desires or just a little wine will do ya!! There will always be wave makers, EGW was not a wave maker! She continued till the end with the waves roaring higher and higher.