Keith, Isaac Stockton, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born at Newton, Pa., Jan. 20, 1755, grad- uated at Princeton College in 1775, entered the minis- trj' in 1778, and was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church in Alexandria in 1780. In 1788 he v,-ent to Charleston, S. C, as colleague pastor of the Congrega- tional church, in which position he labored until his death, Dec. 14, 1813. A memoir of his life and a fev/ sermons vrere published in a volume in 1816. — Sprague, A muds, ii, 166.
Keith, Reuel, D.D., a Protestant Episcopal min- ister in America, was born at Pittsford, Vt., in 1792, and passed A.B. in jNIiddlebury College in 1814. After teaching for some time, he became an assistant at St. John's, Georgetown, D. C, and, in 1820, professor of hu- manity and liistory in Williamsburgh, Va. A theolog- ical seminary having been established soon after in Alexandria, he became professor of pulpit eloquence and pastoral theology there, and in 1827 was made D.D. by
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his alma mater. For upwarils of twenty years lie con- tinued to (listharife his duties, when his mind hecame unstruni; in regard to his salvation, and the cloud was removed bj^ death Sept. 3, 1«42. He published a Trans- lation (from the German) of Hengsteiibertfn Christolof/y of the Old Testament (Alexandria, D. C, 1836, 3 vols. 8vo). See Spragne, ,1 nnals, v, 625.
Keith, Robert, iirimus bishop in the Scotch Epis- cojial Church, was born at Uras, Kincardineshire, in IGJSl. He studied at the University of Aberdeen, and in 1713 became pastor of a congregation in l%dinburgh. In 1727 lie was ordained bishop of Caithness, Orlciiey, and the Isles, and in 1733 became bishop of Fife. He died in 1757. His principal works are, Iliston/ of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland from the hef/in- iiing of the Reformation to the Retreat of Queen Mary into Enf/land, anno 15G8 (Edinb. 1734, fol.) : — llistoi-ical Catalor/ue of the Scottish Bishops down to the Year 1688, etc. (Edinb. 1755, 4to; new cd. 1824, 8vo). — Chambers and Thomson's Bio(j. Diet, of Einiiieiit Scotsmen, iii, 30b; Hook, Fecks. Bioff, vi, 397.
Keith, ■William, a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Easton, Mass., Sept. 15, 1776, entered the itinerancy in 1798, withdrew from the connection in 1801, but returned in 1803, and in 1806 re-entered the itineranc3% In 1809 he was stationed in New York, where he died, Sept. 10, 1810. Ho was a man of fine abilities, of comprehensive mind, and logical power. His piety was deej) and sincere, and his jireaching tal- ents often eloquent and always useful. — Minutes of Con- ferences, i, 193.
Keithians, a party which separated from the Qua- kers in Pennsylvania in the j'ear 1691. They were headed by the famous George Keith (q. v.), from whom they derived their name. Those who persisted in their separation, after their leader deserted them, practiced baptism, and received the Lord's Supper. This party were al::o called Quaker Baptists, because they retained the language, dress, and manner of the Quakers. — Buck.
Kelah. See Karens {Spirit Worship).
Kelai'ah (Heb. Kelaijah', •T^-'i?, perh. despised by .Tehorah; Sept. KwXi'a v. r. KaiXao), one of the Levitcs wlio divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, oth- ern-ise called Kelita (Ezra x, 23).
Keleb. See Dog.
Keleusma (KtXtvajia, call). See Call.
Keli. See Talmud.
Kel'ita [some Keli'ta] (Hebrew Kelita', Xli'^bp, dirarf; Sept. KioXiTacKaWirar;, Ka\irih'\ one of the Levitcs who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the ]icoplc (Xeh. viii, 7), and joined the sacred covenant (Neh. X, 10) ; he was also one of those who had divorced their heathen wives (Ezra x, 23, where it is stated that his name was likewise Kelaiaii). B.C. 459-410.
Ken, John, a Reformed Presbyterian minister, a na- tive of South Carolina, was educated in the University of ( Jlasgow, Scotland, and, with a view to enter the min- istry, he imrsued a theological course of study under the direction of the late Pev. John McMiller, then pro- fessor of theology in the Reformed Church of Scotland. On his return to this country he was ordained and in- stalled pastor at Beech Woods, Ohio, which he left a few years later, to become pastor at Princeton, Indiana, a charge held by him for more than 20 years. He died Nov. 6, 1842. " jNIr. Kell was ardent in temperament, and by constitution and habit generous. He was never neutral in the cause which he believed to be right, and, while zealous, he was liberal. Strict in regard to him- self, towards others he was indulgent." — Wilson, /Vc-si. J/isf. A liuitniic, l.^'l;!. p. .'i.s7.
Keller, Benjamin, a promjnent minister of the Lutheran Church, was iiorn in Lancaster, Pa., ISfarch 4, 1794. Under the faithful ministry of Rev. Dr. IL E. Muhlenberg, he made a public profession of religion,
and from that time felt an earnest desire to devote him- self to the work of preaching the Gospel. His classical course he pursued under the direction of Rev. Dr. D. F. Schsefter, of Frederick, Jld. ; his theological studies with his pastor. Dr. Muhlenberg. In 1814, before he had reached his 21st year, he was commissioned by the Syn- od of Pennsylvania to preach. His first charge was Car- lisle, Pa. He subsequently labored in Gcrmantown, Pa., (iettysljurg, and Philadelphia, and in each charge he was pre-eminent as a pastor. For a season he was most successfully engaged as general agent of the Parent Ed- ucation Society, and at a later jjeriod his services were secured by the Synod of Pennsylvania in its efforts to endow a German professorship in the institution at Get- tysburg. By his untiring devotion to the work, his per- severance and tact, the object was readily attained. For some years he was also engaged in the work of the Lu- theran Publication Society, in a general agency and su- perintendence of its interests. He died July 2, 18G4, af- ter a service of fifty j'ears in the Gospel ministrv\ (M. L. S.)