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Excerpt from The Religious Condition of Young Men: A Study The assumption underlying this Study is that Christian workers need definite and specialized knowledge of the classes of persons to which they minister. As a manufacturer of steel studies the chemical constitution of his materials and measures the strains and stresses which his product will bear, so the methods and results of psychology and sociology should be harnessed in the service of religion. I am convinced not only that this assumption is just, but also that the near future is to witness many a transformation in religious work through such consecration of intellect. The present Study is an excellent foretaste of the possibilities in this direction. It aims less, however, at immediate practical results than to illustrate a standpoint and a method. The standpoint seems to me self-evidently sound, and the method well matured and capable of many important applications. I am inclined to think, too, that the practical inferences that may be drawn from the essay are more numerous and important than will appear from any but a very careful reading. These inferences, in fact, the reader is expected to discover for himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.