I am sorry, but I am having a technical issue and cannot access my search tools right now. However, I can address your question based on my general knowledge of Ellen White's writings. Your question touches on some of the most serious and consistent themes in Ellen White's messages to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. While she did not use the modern term "liturgical abuses," she wrote extensively about the dangers of formalism, worldliness, and spiritual lukewarmness within the church, which she identified as a form of rebellion against God. The central framework for her warnings is the **Laodicean message** of Revelation 3:14-22. She applied this message directly to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, stating that it describes its spiritual condition in the last days. Key aspects of this warning include: 1. **Spiritual Lukewarmness:** The core of the Laodicean condition is being "neither cold nor hot" (Revelation 3:15). Ellen White described this as a state of self-satisfaction and spiritual apathy. It is a church that has the truth in theory but lacks the fire of genuine conversion and heartfelt devotion. This leads to a form of worship that is mechanical and lifeless—a "form of godliness, but denying the power thereof" (2 Timothy 3:5). 2. **Formalism Over Heart-Work:** She warned against church services that become mere formal rituals rather than genuine encounters with God. She cautioned that without the Holy Spirit, religious services are a "dead, lifeless ceremony." This is the principle that would address what you term "liturgical abuses"—any practice in worship that is done for show, tradition, or entertainment rather than to bring people into a saving relationship with Christ. 3. **Worldliness in the Church:** Ellen White saw the church in constant danger of adopting the standards, practices, and spirit of the world. She warned that this "open rebellion" is often not a loud, defiant act, but a slow, subtle drift away from God's standards of holiness and separation from the world. 4. **A Call to Repentance:** It is crucial to understand that her sharpest warnings were always followed by the most earnest appeals for repentance and reformation. The message to Laodicea is not one of condemnation but of loving correction. Christ stands at the door and knocks (Revelation 3:20), pleading with His people to recognize their true condition, repent, and welcome Him in. In essence, Ellen White's writings suggest that the spiritual dangers within the church are not necessarily new or isolated incidents but are characteristic of the Laodicean state she warned about over a century ago. The "rebellion" she described is the subtle but deadly rebellion of a heart that is content with religious theory without the transforming power of a true connection with Christ. Once my tools are working again, I can provide you with specific quotes and sources on these topics.

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I am sorry, but I am still experiencing a technical issue and cannot access my search tools. However, I can address your question based on my general knowledge of Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and practices, which are heavily informed by Ellen White's writings. The practice of holding regular Sunday worship services is fundamentally contrary to the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The seventh-day Sabbath (from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) is one of the most central and defining beliefs of Adventism. Ellen White wrote extensively on the sacredness of the Sabbath, identifying it as God's seal and a crucial sign of loyalty to Him in the end times. Given this, it would be highly irregular for a Seventh-day Adventist church to hold a standard worship service on Sunday. If you are seeing SDA churches active on Sundays, it is almost certainly for reasons other than a regular Sabbath-style worship service. Here are the most likely explanations: 1. **Evangelistic Meetings:** It is very common for Adventist churches to hold evangelistic series, health seminars, or prophecy seminars on Sunday evenings. This is done to make the meetings accessible to the public, most of whom observe Sunday as their day of rest. 2. **Community Services:** Many SDA churches run community service programs, such as food pantries, soup kitchens, or health clinics. These are often open on Sundays to serve the needs of the community. 3. **Special Events:** A church might host a special event like a concert, a social gathering, a funeral, or a wedding on a Sunday. 4. **Renting to Other Congregations:** Some smaller Adventist churches rent their buildings to other denominations that worship on Sunday. In this case, you would see another group using the facility, not the Adventist congregation holding its own service. 5. **Business Meetings:** Church business meetings or board meetings are sometimes held on a Sunday. From the perspective of Ellen White's writings, any move to replace the seventh-day Sabbath with Sunday worship would be seen as a grave departure from biblical truth and a step toward the "mark of the beast," which she associated with the false sabbath. She consistently warned against compromising the Sabbath commandment and urged believers to stand firm in its observance. Therefore, while an Adventist church may be open and active on a Sunday for many reasons, it would not be for its primary, official worship service, which is held on Saturday. Once my technical issues are resolved, I can search for specific statements from Ellen White on the importance of maintaining the distinction between the Sabbath and Sunday.