基督教青年會是民國初年最受歡迎的團體之一，而它所標榜的宗旨，就是在塑造一個符合「德智體群」的現代青年。為了推展青年會的理念，同時吸引更多的年輕人來加入青年會，中華基督教青年會特別將它的幾個出版物，在1917年合併為《青年進步》。從此這份刊物成為青年會的機關報，不但廣受歡迎，更成為基督教界發行最廣的刊物。前後共發行150期，到1932年為止。在《青年進步》中，每一期都有或多或少的文藝作品，而尤以小說為甚。此時期的小說，是在新文化運動下的產物，有些是半文言，也有些是白話文的寫作。雖然形式各異，但都隱含著健康人生的內涵，惟過去從未有人對《青年進步》中的文藝作品加以研究。本文即是在分析《青年進步》初期的小說作品，以探討基督教青年會所創作給現代青年的文藝小說為何。

The Chinese YMCA was one of the most popular organizations in the early Republican period. The purpose it upheld was to mould a modern youth in tune with a healthy and balanced way of life through moral, intellectual, physical and social programs. In order to promote the ideal of the YMCA and to attract more youth to its organization, the Chinese YMCA combined several publications and created the Association Progress in 1917. From then on, this magazine became the official organ of the Chinese Y. It not only enjoyed great popularity, but it also had the highest circulation among Christian publications. Overall, it published 150 issues and ceased in 1932.In every issue of the Association Progress, there were some literary works that most of them were novels. The novels of this period were products of the New Culture Movement. Some of them were in semi-classical and some in plain language. Although different in style, their contents were similar: healthy lifestyle. No one has ever conducted research on the literary works on the novels in the Association Progress. This paper attempts to analyze these novels of the early period in order to explore what kind of novels the YMCA wanted to present to the contemporary youth.