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. 5981 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. 79628 |