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title: 'Princeton Presbyterian and Translator of Kuyper: J. Hendrik De Vries'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2020-10-15
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2020-princeton-presbyterian-and-translator-of-kuyper-j-hendrik-de-vries
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# Princeton Presbyterian and Translator of Kuyper: J. Hendrik De Vries

[John Hendrik De Vries](/authors/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](/authors/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](/authors/geerhardus-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](/authors/john-hendrik-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.