Article December 28, 1899 Issue

Quits Law for Religion

Chicago (Ill.) Chronicle

From politician to preacher, from expounder of manmade law to exegete of advanced religious doctrine, are the transistions from vocation mundane to calling devout through which ex-Judge W. G. Ewing has passed. The former chief executive of the Iroquois Club has abandoned for the time being the practice of the law, and consecrated his energies and ability to the spreading of the gospel of Christian Science.

The fact that ex-Judge Ewing had become a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Church of Christ, Scientist, was emphasized after the publication in the morning papers of dispatches from New York to the effect that the former judge, on Sunday (December 10), from the platform of the Metropolitan Opera House had explained to an immense audience the tenets of Christian Science.

Inquiry last night at Mr. Ewing's home, 3743 Ellis Avenue, elicited the information that six months ago the ex-jurist was chosen by the home church in Boston—Mrs. Eddy's—a member of the International Board of Lectureship, in short, to become an evangelist of the creed, to go throughout the land teaching its precepts. It is understood that the position is a permanent one, and inasmuch as during the six months of his lectureship Mr. Ewing has not appeared in the character of a barrister, the inference is declared to be that he will leave the legal profession, in which for many years he has been a leading light.

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