The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . fame was more than local, and his labors were likethose of a bishop, rather than of the pastor of a singleflock; he was often at Albany, engaged in religious commentaries on the Bible, and his letters to friendsabroad, made him universally honored and beloved in hisown world. He preached for the last time on the 25th of September,1751, was seized with illness that Sunday evening, andin ten days
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . fame was more than local, and his labors were likethose of a bishop, rather than of the pastor of a singleflock; he was often at Albany, engaged in religious commentaries on the Bible, and his letters to friendsabroad, made him universally honored and beloved in hisown world. He preached for the last time on the 25th of September,1751, was seized with illness that Sunday evening, andin ten days was dead. The sudden termination to his careermust have been unexpected, for he had planned his workfor some time to come. He died too early to be a witnessto sad contentions within the church, which came soon afterhis decease. Too little has been discovered relating to his home life,and his wife is unfortunately only a name. 241 Our illustration is from an artotype reproduction of thepainting which was used in the Year-Book of the Churchfor 1882. The original is owned by the consistory of thechurch. Year-Book of the Church for 1882; and National Magazine, Volume 17, page 33. 242. GUALTERUS DU BOIS1666-1751 (^43) ?/ TOSKiBRARYi ;>.;i»AT(eM3 DoMiNE Bernardus Freeman, orFreerman, wasborn,in 1660, at Gildehaus, a village in Hanover, near the Dutchborder, and two miles from Bentheim, well known for itsmineral spring. He began life as a tailor in Westphalia,but turned to scholarly pursuits at Amsterdam, where hebecame a member of the church, and was licensed, 9 March,1698, by the classes of Worden and Overrynland, to years later, adding a week, he was licensed and or-dained by the classis of Lingen for service in Albany, buton his arrival, 20 July, 1700, he became the preacher inthe Reformed Dutch Church at Schenectady, where heserved for five years. His interest was not limited to theDutch settlers, for he won the regard of the MohawkIndians by a study of their langu
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