Horst, Klaas van der (1731-1825)

Klaas van der Horst, born 1731 at Amsterdam, died 1 May 1825 at Haarlem, studied at the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary 1747-1752 and was a minister of the Dutch congregations of Goes 1752-1757, Zwolle 1757, Leiden 1757-1761, and Haarlem-Flemish-Waterlander congregation (Peuzelaarsteeg congregation) 1761-1784 and United congregation of Haarlem 1784-1803. He published only a sermon, which had been preached on the occasion of the union of the two Mennonite congregations of Haarlem into one on 7 November 1784. A sermon on John 15:14, preached on 5 July 1767, is found in manuscript in the Amsterdam Mennonite Library.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 816. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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