ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY1, 1911
"[Philanthropy] should
become
a
part
of
the
Sunday
schools.
It
would
be
well
to [hire]
a
director
of
social
activity
whose [thinking]
should
be
to
relate
the
Sunday
school
to
social
help
for
others,"
declared
Rev.
Samuel
Tyler,
rector
of
the
Church
of
the
Advent,
at
yesterday's
supper
of
workers in the
Baptist
Institute
at
the
Ninth
Street
Church.
Mr.
Tyler
Is
President
of
the
Social
Workers'
Club
of
this
city.
"The
relation
of
the
Sunday
school
and social
service
has
been
barely
touched
upon,"
said
Mr.
Tyler.
"Religon
is
essentially
social.
The
aim
of
present-day
Christianity
is
to make
the
world
a
better
place
to
live
in.
We
must
teach
the
child
in
the
Sunday
school
the
social
character
of
Christianity.
The
principle
of
service
is
vital. We
must
try
to
make
the
children
see
their
responsibility
for
the
welfare
of
others.
"Especially
can
we
follow
this
out in
the
public
health
and
preventable
disease. Every
year
over
half
a
million
deaths
occur
which
could
be
spared.
If
Christ
was
the
Great
Physician
his
followers
ought
to be interested
in
the
sorrow
and
waste
of
disease
that
need
not
be.
"Our
Sunday-school
teachers
must
try
to
relate
their
teachings
to
life.
The
children,
individually
or in
classes,
should
help
poor
families,
visit
philanthropic
institutions
or
keep
in
touch
with
the
movement
for
the
social
betterment.
The
public
school
children
often
clean
the
streets.
There
is
no
reason
why
Sunday-school
children
should
not
do
so
also.
The
better
way
to
carry
this
out
I
would suggest
the
appointment
in
each
school
of
a
director
of
social
activity
to
outline
the
ways
of
service . . ."
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