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John Hendrik De Vries (1859-1939) was a Dutch-born Presbyterian minister who served as pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey and elsewhere. His contribution to the church was significant in making available in English works by Dutch pastors such as Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck.
We have recently added some of his translations and other works to Log College Press. Take note of these translation works by De Vries:
Pantheism’s Destruction of Boundaries (1893) - by Abraham Kuyper
Calvinism: The Origin and Safeguard of Our Constitutional Liberties (1895) - by Abraham Kuyper
Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology: Its Principles (1898) - by Abraham Kuyper with an introduction by B.B. Warfield
Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures on Calvinism (1898) - This edition includes B.B. Warfield’s handwritten notes about the translation process. J. Hendrik De Vries translated lectures one and five (Calvinism in History, and Calvinism and Art), and Geerardhus Vos translated the final lecture (Calvinism and the Future).
The Work of the Holy Spirit (1900) — by Abraham Kuyper
Creation or Development (1901) — by Herman Bavinck
The Biblical Criticism of the Present Day (1904) — by Abraham Kuyper
To Be Near Unto God (1918) — by Abraham Kuyper
De Vries translated other works by Kuyper, which we hope to add to Log College Press in the future, but for now be sure to check out his page for the works that we have currently. The ties between Princeton and Kuyper were strong, and De Vries was an important link in the chain.
