
Klaas van der Horst (
Amsterdam, 15 September 1731 -
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
, 1 May 1825) was a Dutch
Mennonite teacher and minister.
[Horst, Klaas van der (1731-1825)]
on the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) is an online encyclopedia of topics relating to Mennonites and Anabaptism. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on Anabaptist-related top ...
Klaas was trained at the Mennonite seminary in Amsterdam, and served in
Goes 1752-1757,
Zwolle 1757, and
Leiden 1757-1761 before moving to the
Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem
The Doopsgezinde kerk is a historical hidden Mennonite church dating from the 17th century between the Grote Houtstraat, Peuzelaarsteeg and the Frankestraat in Haarlem, Netherlands.
History
The church (also referred to as the ''Vermaning'') was b ...
where he served 1761-1825.
[ During his service the congregations of the Haarlem Mennonite community were united (the largest were ''Vlaamse Blok'' and ''Waterlanders'') in 1784 and the sermon he gave on this occasion based on John 15:14 was published by his friend ]Adriaan Loosjes
Adriaan Loosjes (1761, in Texel – 1818, in Haarlem), was a 19th-century botanist, poet, novelist and publisher born in Den Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands.
Biography
He came from a family of Mennonite ministers and was an active member of th ...
.[Leerrede bij de vereeniging van twee Doopsgezinde gemeenten te Haarlem, by Klaas van der Horst, 1784]
He had been friends with Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (25 March 1702 – 8 April 1778) was a wealthy Dutch Mennonite merchant and banker, who died childless, leaving a legacy of two million florins (in today's terms: about EUR 80 million) to the pursuit of religion, art ...
and was named in his will as member of the Teylers First Society
Teylers Eerste Genootschap (English: ''Teyler's First Society''), also known as the Godgeleerd Genootschap (''Theological Society'') is one of the societies founded within the Teylers Stichting as a result of the will of the Dutch 18th-century me ...
, a position which he filled from 1778-1825. He lived to a great age.
File:Christelijke gezangen en liederen - Haarlem - van Walré, Bohn en Loosjes - 1804.png, Songbook published in 1804 with 74 lyrics by Aagje Deken and forward signed by van der Horst
References
author page
in the DBNL
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1731 births
1825 deaths
Dutch Mennonites
Clergy from Amsterdam
Members of Teylers Eerste Genootschap
Mennonite ministers
Mennonite writers
18th-century Anabaptist ministers
Clergy from Haarlem