Washington, D. C., Wednesday, December 24, 1890 ^{30Ellen White sent a 22-page letter (Letter 41, 1890) to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg on this date. She expressed her deep concern over the exorbitant fees which were being charged by some Seventh-day Adventist doctors (but not by Dr. Kellogg).)}

I have not felt as well as usual. Speaking so many times in the evenings is not favorable to me. I visited Sister D., Sister Gilmore’s grandmother.SVD 51.5

Again the Lord set before me in the night season, December 24, the perils coming upon the people of God....SVD 51.6

Christmas Eve I spoke in a good-sized hall to an intelligent congregation from Luke 10:25-28. I had freedom in speaking. There were a goodly number present and all listened with much attention.—Ms. 53, 1890, pp. 6-7 (Diary 16, pp. 420, 423).SVD 52.1