We present to our readers the first number of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine, and in doing so, it may be well to state its design; which is first to supplant the Pulpit, that work was favorably received by the church in general, but owing to a backwardness felt by many of our most talented ministers, we were seldom so supplied with discourses as to enable us to publish the work regularly every month, on account of which, many who otherwise would have highly prized it, viewed the work with indifference. Moreover, something more is necessary in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church than merely a small volume of sermons annually. The Cumberland Presbyterians must feel solicitous to preserve as many as possible of the writings of those revered men who were actively engaged in the great revival of 1800, and the subsequent struggles of the revival party with the opposers of that great and glorious work, which resulted in the foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Cumberland Presbyterians need a periodical in which their theological views shall be clearly exhibited and their doctrines and practices defended. They also need a work in which may be published the essays, sermons, &c., of these ministers of the Gospel who are now actively engaged in promoting the interest of the Redeemer's kingdom, but who shortly will leave the walls of Zion. Such a work we humbly trust the Cumberland Magazine will be found, and much better calculated to meet the wants of the church than the Pulpit possibly could be..

As the useful minister of the gospel always has a place in the affections of those for whom he has successfully labored, and as after the departure of such an one every memento is dear to surviving friends, we propose in this work to present our readers with the portraits of ministers who by their labors of love have rendered themselves dear to the brethren. As the expense of this will be considerable we have concluded to charge for the work one dollar and fifty cents per volume, always in advance. Each volume to compose 4 numbers of 48 pages each. In the present number we present our readers with the portrait of Rev. Finis Ewing and a facsimile of his hand writing. In the 3rd number we expect to present that of Rev. R. Donnell.