The existence of positive solutions for the following nonlineary nth-oreder boundary value problem was studied. u^(n)(t) +h(t)f(t,u(t)) =0 0 〈 t 〈 1, u(O) = ∫1 0u(t)dα(t),u(1) = ∫1 0u(t)dβ(t) u'(O)=……u^(n-3)(0) = u^(n-2)(0) = 0 Whereh ∈ C(O,1) ∩L(O,1) is nonnegative and may be singular att = Oandt = 1 ,f∈C([O,1] ×R^+,R^+)(R^+ = signed , ∫1 0 u(t)dα(t) and ∫1 0 u(t)dβ(t) denote the Riemann-Stiehjes integral with a measure, that is, α(t) andβ(t) have bounded variation.