Samuel Keller

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Samuel Keller ( pseudonym : Ernst Schrill , born March 15, 1856 in Saint Petersburg , † November 14, 1924 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and writer .

Life

Samuel Keller was the son of the teacher Johannes Keller from Siblingen and his wife Christine, née Hesse, from the Baltic States , through whom Samuel Keller was related to Hermann Hesse . Samuel Keller studied Protestant theology at the University of Dorpat from 1876 and then worked as an assistant preacher in Saint Petersburg . In 1880 he was given a pastor's post in Grunau in the settlement area of ​​the Black Sea Germans , and from 1884 he looked after the Crimean German community based in Neusatz.

In 1891 Samuel Keller went to Germany , where he held the position of General Secretary of the newly founded German Moral Association . In 1892 he moved to a pastor in Düsseldorf . In 1898 he gave up this position and moved to Freiburg im Breisgau , from where he worked as a successful preacher and publicist for evangelical evangelism in the following decades . In 1902, Keller was a co-founder of the " Eisenacher Bund ", a support organization of the pietistic " community movement " that emerged in the 19th century ; from 1902 to 1916 he published the monthly magazine "Auf Dein Wort". During the First World War , Keller supported the German war effort with a large number of patriotic - theological lectures and publications.

In addition to theological texts, Samuel Keller also wrote narrative works under the pseudonym "Ernst Schrill", mostly based on the author's experience during his stay in Russia .

Works

  • Why do we do missions? , Barmen 1879
  • A Fahrenhöft , Leipzig 1888 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • His legacy , Leipzig 1889 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Died twice , Leipzig 1889 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • From Russia's steppes , Leipzig 1891 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • The German tenants in Russia , Berlin 1891 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Harvest thought of God , Düsseldorf 1892
  • The Natschalniza , Leipzig 1892 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Paul Lindau , Schwerin in 1892 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • About free faith , Berlin 1892 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Jesus and money , Düsseldorf 1893
  • Steppe pictures and steppe people , Leipzig 1893 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Flee the lusts of youth! , Düsseldorf 1894
  • Heimwärts , Leipzig 1894
  • Im Wegewinkel , Düsseldorf 1894
  • Maneuver or battle? , Düsseldorf 1894
  • Mosaic , Düsseldorf 1894
  • The story of a saying , Düsseldorf 1895
  • Is the course correct? , Düsseldorf 1895
  • My tourist book , Leipzig 1895
  • My last evening , Düsseldorf 1895
  • The salt of the earth , Leipzig 1895
  • Social Democracy and Christianity , Düsseldorf 1895
  • Christmas booklet for small and large children , Düsseldorf 1895
  • "On the reel!" , Berlin 1896
  • The Bride Guardian , Berlin 1896 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Confirmation speech on March 22, 1896 , Düsseldorf 1896
  • Three kinds of belief - and what do you believe? , Düsseldorf 1896
  • The bliss of the rich , Düsseldorf 1896
  • From over there and over there , Leipzig 1896 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • A word about the duel , Düsseldorf 1896
  • Down Niagara and then what? , Düsseldorf 1897
  • Farewell sermon on Isa. 45, 23 - 24 , Düsseldorf 1898
  • Am Lebensstrom , Düsseldorf 1898
  • Doctor Vorwärts' second wedding , Leipzig
    • 1 (1898)
    • 2 (1898)
  • In the shadow of guilt , Halle as 1898 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Confirmation sermon , Düsseldorf 1898
  • Snapshots from Carneval , Düsseldorf 1898 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Evangelism lectures , Düsseldorf-Grafenberg
    • 1. The Shipwreck of Faith , 1899
    • 2. Is everything over with death? , 1899
    • 3. The Afterlife , 1899
    • 4. The guide to happiness , 1900
    • 5. The suspension of gravity , 1900
    • 6. The Brothers ' Burden , 1900
    • 7. Is it worth living? , 1900
    • 8. Is it worth dying? , 1902
    • 9. Strong in the Lord , 1902
  • Half the engagement , Halle 1899
  • Skylight , Kassel 1899
  • Free love and true marriage , Zurich 1900
  • Living words , Kassel 1900
  • About free faith , Berlin 1900 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • The vase penny , Halle 1900
  • About the good rascal and other stories for young people , Berlin 1900 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • On the threshold of faith , Hagen iW 1901
  • The Little Prayer , Leipzig 1901
  • Human questions and God's answers , Düsseldorf 1901
  • His tracks in the steppe , Berlin 1901
  • Seven requests to the community movement , Hagen 1901
  • Heimwärts , Hagen iW 1902 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • The lord is my shepherd! , Hagen iW 1902
  • Seven requests to the Protestant pastors in Germany , Hagen iW 1902
  • The golden pen. Heilserum , Berlin 1903 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Tell mine! , Hagen iW 1903 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Incarnation , Hagen iW 1903 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Natural instinct and morality , Hagen iW 1903
  • The compulsory voting of Christians , Hagen iW 1903
  • The secret of our suffering , Hagen iW 1904
  • Lively echo , Hagen i. Westf. 1904
  • The unknown god , Hagen iW 1904
  • Wildes Taufen, Hagen iW 1904 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Where from? And where? , Hagen iW 1904
  • Inside or outside? , Hagen i. Westphalia 1905
  • In der Furche , Hagen iW 1905
  • Does there really have to be a world judgment? , Hagen iW 1905
  • Shackles broken, Hagen iW 1906
  • A high path , Hagen iW 1906
  • The shipwreck of faith , Hagen iW 1906
  • His own , Hagen iW 1906
  • Under the load! , Hagen iW 1906
  • Sins of the tongue , Hagen iW 1906
  • The sexual problem in the nursery , Hagen i. Westf. 1907
  • Church-social according to theory and practice , Berlin 1907
  • The character of God and the misfortune of Messina , Hagen iW 1909
  • New Testament books in edifying Bible lessons, Hagen iW
    • 1. The first St. John's letter , 1909
    • 2. The Epistle of James , 1911
    • 3. The Epistle to the Colossians , 1914
  • Signals from the invisible world! , Hagen iW 1909
  • The healing of the greatest poverty , Berlin 1909
  • My evening blessing! , Hagen 1910
  • Contributions of experience to the problem of conversion , Hagen iW 1911
  • Science and the Bible , Hagen iW 1911
  • Around the pulpit , Hagen iW 1911 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Popular sermons , Berlin
    • 1 (1911)
    • 2 (1912)
    • 3. Free texts , 1913
    • 4. New (Eisenacher) Gospels , 1913
    • 5. The Sunday Sermon , 1914
    • 6 (1915)
    • 7. New wartime popular sermons , 1916
    • 8. Popular sermons in the third year of the war , 1917
    • 9. Popular sermons in the fourth year of the war , 1918
    • 10. New (Eisenacher) epistles , 1919
    • 11. New (Eisenacher) Old Testament lessons , 1921
    • 12. Free texts , 1921
    • 13. Free texts , 1922
  • The resurrection of the flesh , Berlin 1913
  • The last two parties in world history , Berlin 1913
  • The children of the dead court , Freiburg i.Br. 1913 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Means against dying , Berlin 1913
  • The Bible and the War , Freiburg i. B. 1914
  • You do not know! , Freiburg i.Br. 1914 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • Homecoming of God , Freiburg i. Br. 1914
  • Is God Neutral? , Freiburg i. B. 1914
  • Land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! , Berlin 1914
  • Mars consolator! , Freiburg i. B. 1914
  • Under the Christmas tree , Freiburg i. B. 1914
  • On German patriotism , Freiburg i. B. 1914
  • In a bombproof shelter , Freiburg i. B. 1915
  • Our war graves , Berlin 1915
  • Christmas listening , Nowawes 1915
  • Christmas in the field! , Berlin 1915
  • Harmony , Freiburg 1915
  • The cost of war in world history , Freiburg i. Br. 1916
  • The blessing of the steady relationship! , Nowawes 1916
  • Death mourning and comfort of life , Freiburg i. Br. 1916
  • From my life , Meiringen
    • 1 (1917)
    • 2 (1921)
  • My minutes , Freiburg
    • 1 (1917)
    • 2. Lightning in the night !, 1921
  • Why are you going to the sacrament? , Freiburg i. B. 1918
  • World War and End of the World , Freiburg 1918
  • On the natural history of conscience , Freiburg i. Br. 1918
  • "Please heaven!" , Freiburg i. Br. 1919
  • Sunny pastoral care , Freiburg i. Br. 1919
  • "How I learned to curse him!" , Freiburg i.Br. 1919
  • Slingshot stones , Freiburg i. Br. 1920
  • A father's heir , Freiburg i.Br. 1922
  • The blessed blow , Freiburg i. Br. 1923 (under the name Ernst Schrill)
  • The Revelation of St. John , Basel 1924
  • Last gift , Berlin 1925
  • Four doctors , Szillen, Ostpr. 1928
  • The most beautiful stories , Meiringen 1942

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personal data
SURNAME Keller, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shrill, serious
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1924
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau