Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-26 | Page 3 | Why Preacher Abandoned the Law

why preacher abandoned the law an interesting story is current regarding the rev charles E jefferson the university preacher on sunday known as one of the most eloquent preachers in new york in his young er days dr jefferson with the rev frank gunsaulus the chicago preach er was studying law in the office ot a prominent attorney of worthington ohio their chief was a firm belaev er in the importance of familiarity with the scriptures as a preparation for the law saying that juries were oftener won by a happy biblical quotation than in any other way accordingly he gave the two young men six months to become familiar with the bible saying that at the end of that time it they did not come up to the required mark they could not re main in his office the story runa that the young clerks became so absorbed in their enforced task that they abandoned the law altogether and entered the ministry ithaca journal