Eyster was a grad­u­ate of Get­tys­burg Coll­ege (1862), and Get­tys­burg Sem­in­a­ry (1865). While at seminary, he served on the Unit­ed States Christ­ian Com­miss­ion in Vir­gin­ia and Ma­ry­land (1864-65). He al­so at­tend­ed Thiel Coll­ege, Green­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia (DD 1877, LLD 1892) and Muhl­en­berg Coll­ege (STD 1907). He later served as prin­ci­pal of Thiel Hall, Mo­na­ca, Penn­syl­van­ia; as Frank­lin Pro­fess­or of La­tin and His­to­ry at the Min­is­ter­i­um of Penn­syl­van­ia, Get­ty­sburg Coll­ege (1870-80); and pre­si­dent of the Lu­ther­an The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. His works in­clude:

• The Lu­ther­an Movement in Eng­land, 1891
• History of the Lu­ther­an Church in Amer­i­ca, 1893
• Book of Concord, 1894
• Martin Luther: Hero of Faith
• Lu­ther­an Cyclopedia, with John A. W. Haas, 1899
• The Lutheran Commentary
• The German Emigra­tion to Amer­i­ca, 1709-40, 1899
• Summary of the Christ­ian Faith, 1905
• Works of Martin Luther, trans­lat­ed by Ey­ster, Adolph Spaeth et al. (Phil­a­del­phia: A. J. Hol­man Com­pa­ny, 1915)
• Lincoln’s Gettysburg World-Message, 1920

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1. Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray