Doopsgezinde kerk naamlijst leden RM19206

Klaas van der Horst (

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, 15 September 1731 -

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, 1 May 1825) was a Dutch

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teacher and minister.Horst, Klaas van der (1731-1825)
on the

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Klaas was trained at the Mennonite seminary in Amsterdam, and served in

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1752-1757,

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1757, and

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1757-1761 before moving to the

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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 Doo ...

.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 and was named in his will as member of the

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, a position which he filled from 1778 until his death in 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

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