GOOD COMPANY INTRODUCED,

N order to make clear the why and wherefore of the advent of this Magazine, I cannot do better than transcribe the following note from its predecessor, the Whitefield Magazine :

"I strongly desire to be heard and heeded in the family circles of my people, as well as in the pulpit and lecture-room. I want the old to have from their pastor's hands crumbs of comfort, oil of consolation, and stimulus to faith and hope, such as will cheer their hearts and brighten their lot as they are travelling down.'

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"I want those who are in the thick of the battle of life, diligent and painful toilers with hand and brain, to have within call when the daily round' is trod, and the daily portion of the common task' is done, something of mine that shall make the burden lighter to carry, the task easier to do, and the rest, between whiles, more bracing and contentful.

"I want the young people who are coming to us by scores and hundreds, to have life-truths and life-counsels so served up that they will be willing to hear them twice, in pulpit and through pen.

"I want the children, who have the warmest corner in my heart, to have from me, for the nursery and the 'Children's Hour,' that which will give me a warm corner in theirs. As time goes on, even the 'littlest shall have their share.

"I want the Church to have line upon line,' as well as 'precept upon precept,' as to the duty and privilege of experimental godliness and of engaging in all good works for the cause of Christ and the good of men.

"I want the thousands of people who occasionally 'turn in with us, and those who 'tarry with us,' to have as much and as many of my Master's messages as I can thrust into their heads and hands and hearts.

"I want to do my share in trying to keep unhealthy literature out of doors, and to provide instead something which is not only better worth the having, but which shall commend itself as being better worth the buying.

"I want to do all the good I can, and over as wide as an area I can