Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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31 . oS To the President of Lebanon Valley College, REV. LAWRENCE KEISTER, D.D., equally beloved because of his eminence of scholarship and for his delightful Christian character this Bizarre is dedicated by the Class of 1909.

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Biography EV. LAWRENCE KEISTER, D.D., was born near Scottdale, Pa., the youngest child of a large family. His father was Solomon Keister, the impress of whose fine personality and beautiful Christ- ian character is seen in all of his children. He was a spiritual father, to many others who came in contact with him; and many young men have been helped by his sweet spirit, kindly admonition and generous material help. His large benefactions knew no partiality in the work of his chosen church. The son had the good fortune to be brought up on the farm ; and he shared all the benefits that are incident to such open air life. His early training was secured in a country school, which he attended until he com- pleted all that this school offered. This was supplemented by reading and private study, the value of which he early learned. In the fall of 1877 he entered Otterbein University, and graduated in the class of ' 82. The following autumn he entered the School of Theology of Boston University, from which he graduated, with second honors, in the spring of 18S5. He also studied philosophy under Prof. Borden P. Brown at this University. He has been honored ' with the following degrees: B.S., Otterbein; A.B. and A.M , Leander Clark; S.T.B., Boston University; D.D. Lebanon Valley. During the years spent in Boston Dr. Keister made the acquaintance of, and came into fellowship with, Bishop Phillips Brooks, whose great preach- ing, and heart-to-heart, fatherly converse, in the Bishop ' s own study, have exercised a profound influence in his life. He spent two years and eight months on the Pacific Coast, where he visited the principal cities and engaged in fruit growing for over two years. But such could not be his life ' s work, for his talents demanded other em- ployment; and in obedience to a voice, not his own, he returned to the East and took up the work of the pastorate in Allegheny Conference Here he