Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm Keyl (May 22, 1804 in

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, Germany – August 4, 1872 in

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) was a German-born

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Biography

Keyl graduated from

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in 1829 and served as a pastor Niederfrohna, near

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, beginning in 1829. As a follower of

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, he emigrated to the United States in 1839 in the Saxon Emigration. He later served as pastor in

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(1839–1847);

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and

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, Wisconsin (1847–1850);

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, Maryland (1850–1869); and

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. (1869–1871). He was the first president of the Eastern District of the LCMS from 1854 to 1869). He was a scholar of the life and work of

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Works

* ''Lutherophilus'' (St. Louis, 1854) * ''Katechismus-Auslegung aus Dr. Luther's Schriften'' (4 vols., 1853–68) * ''Predigt-Entwürfe über die Sonn und Festtags-Evangelien aus Dr. Luther's Predigten'' (1866) His biography was published by J. F. Kostering (St. Louis, 1882).

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References

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