"Spontaneity"
is defined as a "quality or state of acting or proceeding from native feeling, proneness or temperament, without constraint or external force;" and "spontaneous" emphasizes the idea of an inner impulse or energy acting without external stimulus.
The
building of Christian Science churches is one form of outward expression of the gratitude of Christian Science students for the demonstrable knowledge of God's unfailing goodness which they have gained through the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy.
Thomas C. Hollingshead, Committee on Publication for the State of Idaho,
For the benefit those of your readers who may not know better, please permit me to say that Christian Science does not uphold anyone in trying to force another to accept the truths he has adopted.
Preaching at Sandgate Wesleyan Church, a minister is reported in your recent issue to have said, "Supposing they accepted Christian Science and believed that God was a principle, and not a person, that there were no such things as sin and sickness,.
Lew C. Church, Committee on Publication for the State of Minnesota,
A writer in your columns, in answer to a question, recently expressed the view that, although there is only one source of healing, they who rely solely on spiritual means are blameworthy.
Fred Yould, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
The attacks on Christian Science appearing in your recent issues indicate a great gulf between the spiritual teachings of Christian Science and the merely time-worn speculative theories propounded regarding the second coming of Christ and the atonement.
When
the writer was a child she, with others, used to play a game called "Follow the leader," which may offer a helpful illustration to the student of Christian Science.
