THE

NATURE AND CLAIMS

OF

YOUNG MEN'S

Christian Associations.

BY THE REV. THOMAS SMYTH, D.D.

CHARLESTON, S. C.

"THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN IS THEIR STRENGTH."-Prov. xx. 29.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

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Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by REV. THOMAS SMYTH, D.D.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO.

PHILADELPHIA.

DEDICATED,

WITH HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS FOR THEIR PAST

ACHIEVEMENTS,

AND

WITH EARNEST HOPES, EXPECTATIONS, AND PRAYERS FOR THEIR FUTURE PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS,

TO THE

Young Men's Christian Associations

IN THE UNITED STATES

AND THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTIAN WORLD;

AND, PERSONALLY, TO MY GREATLY ESTEEMED FRIEND,

ROBERT C. GILCHRIST,

U. S. C.

AND

President of the Young Men's Christian Association

OF CHARLESTON, S. C.

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