When the Board of the Federation of Reformed Young Men’s Societies invited me to speak on the above-named subject at the Convention in Chicago, it expressed the desire that I should answer a twofold question: (1) Why should we have Young Men’s Societies alongside of all the other agencies which in our circles contribute to the religious development of our young men? and (2) Why should these societies be of a specifically Reformed type? In deference to the expressed wish of the Board I shall try to give an answer to these questions in this address.

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