, 1877-03-05

INAUGURAL SERMON OF THE REV, c. II. EVEREST.
The Rcv. Charles Hall Eyercss, who was re-
Gently called to the pas.orate Of Plymouth
Church, preached his inaugural sermon ycster-
day morning in the presence Of very large
congregation. He is q fluent, easy speaker, not
at all affected in his manner, and indulges in
gestures only when they arc pertinent. The
impression he made was very favorable, and 1t
is predicted that he will acquire a popularity,
when the people Of Chicago come to know him,
equal to that Of any other minister in the city,
His text was:
And he gayc some. apostles; and son1e prophets;
and some, cvangelists: and some, pastors and
teachers: for tue perfcctng Of the Saints, for the
Of Christ; till we all come in the unity Of the
faith, aud Of the knowledge Of the Son OF God,
unto perfect man, unto the measure Of the
stature Of the fullnesB Of Christ.-EpAesdns, H.,
lib.
No stronger evidence, he said, could be given
of the radical change that had taken place in
the Apostle Paul than these broad and aspiring
VIEWS that he constantly expressed. He had
belonged to enc OF the most narrow and bigoted
sects on carth,-a sect that believed It fully UNI
derstood the meaning Of the word 'spcrfection,n
that it had reached the utmost limit of human
attainment: but yet sect so narrow, SO much
drawn within itself, that, in this great world,
created for generous purposes it left nothing
but emptiness So lar Us the Pharisees were con-
cerned. When ttlis man, thus disciplined and
trained, came through such preparatory course
as tnat,-came into the liberty OF the Gospel
he became q new creature, and had all
infinitely higher ideal to measure by, Us that we
no longer saw the man who sat at the feet Of
Gamalle. hut discovered only the great disciple
who sat at the feet Of Christ, and learned Of
Him. All his views broadcned SO TINT he took
III MT only the whole Of life, but the expanded
nature OF man. One who was learned only in
the things OF the world, though his views might
be very clear and distinct, found, whom they
were brought down to the thugs that were cx-
tcTnal, that they were the mere framework Of
litc. That was all there was OF living to him.
But the man that had learned the
deeper meaning Of life looked upon its
outward phase as a language, US a kind
higher aud holier sentiments Of the soul. When
q man took this higher conception Of life, he
began, like the Apostle. to understand that it
was better thing to Hye-that be was gotng
and nobler rhnn ever appeared to him before.
The enlarged view Of the capabilities of,the soul
brought corresponding appreciation Of the
need of time for their development: This could
said Paul. Time was required to bring forth
the perfection and largeness that inhered in
one Who was to represent Jesus Christ. Paul
looked to the distant future for the full
disclosure Of perfect manhood. He did not
expect to find it in Jerusalem, or in his time.
And this made him very patient with the i'm
perfections Of the Disciples, and Ienient toward
them in their weakness. Saul Of Tursus was O
very different man from Paul thu Apostle. As
Saul, he WIS very impatient, aud prosecuted
those who renowned Judaism. As Paul, he
came to those who were crippled In faith, who
had very little Of 1tstature'' and u1iistered to
them aud said, L Be patient 1t will come by and
by unto the stature OF the fullncss Of perfect