in the study of the Word of God. On the first Sabbath Ellen White spoke and felt it was a precious opportunity for the people to especially seek the Lord. She made an altar call inviting “all who were afflicted and troubled in mind, all who were in sorrow and despondency, all who had lost their first love … to come forward, that we might unite with them in sending up a prayer of faith for the manifestation of the Holy Spirit” (Ibid.). A large share of the congregation came forward. Then Ellen White