Bernard ter Haar

Bernard ter Haar

Bernard ter Haar (born June 13, 1806 in Amsterdam , † November 19, 1880 in Velp ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian, church historian and poet.

Life

Bernard was the son of the merchant Barend ter Haar (born June 23, 1766 in Amsterdam; † July 11, 1828 ibid) and his wife Johanna Judith Hamming (born September 12, 1787 in Arnhem; † November 29, 1843 in Amsterdam). After attending the French school and, from the age of twelve, the Latin school in his hometown, ter Haar frequented the Athenaum Illustre there from 1823 . After answering a Latin prize question from the University of Groningen with the treatise Commentatio de Heraclidarum Incursionibus in Peloponesum earumque causis atque effectibus and receiving a golden honorary award for it, ter Haar enrolled on June 8, 1826 to study theology and literary studies at the University of Leiden . His formative teachers were Johann Clarisse , Johannes van Voorst , Johannes Henricus van der Palm , Nicolaas Christiaan Kist and Wessel Albertus van Hengel . In August 1829 he was approved as a pastor of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands .

He found his first pastoral position in Emnes , where he took over the office on May 23, 1830 with an inaugural sermon on the Gospel according to John (chapter 12, verse 50). He stayed there for almost three years and said goodbye to the local community on March 6, 1833 with a farewell sermon on Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians (chap. 2, verses 16 & 17). On March 17th of the same year he took up a parish office in Vlaardingen with the inaugural sermon on the Gospel according to John (chapter 17, verse 17). Two years later, on May 10, 1835, he retired from this congregation with a sermon on the Epistle to Philemon (4, 1b) and found in Arnhem a new workplace, where he on 24 May 1835 his inaugural sermon on the Epistle to the Ephesians (2, 20b). He left the Arnhem position after three years, because as early as 1837 he had received calls as pastor in Leiden and Dortrecht and on November 4, 1838 he gave the farewell sermon on Paul's second letter to the Corinthians (13, 11).

He began his new assignment on November 18 of the same year in Leiden with a sermon on Paul's first letter to the Corinthians (1: 2). He stayed there for almost five years, received an honorary doctorate in theology from the University of Leiden on February 2, 1839, and left the Leiden congregation on July 16, 1843 with a sermon on Paul's letter to the Ephesians (3, 14-21). He took up his last ministerial office on August 2 of the year with the introductory sermon on Paul's first letter to the Corinthians (3, 9c). When in 1853 the Thorbecke I cabinet tried to separate state and church and wanted to introduce religious freedom, a movement against it formed. The representatives of this movement resisted that in the Calvinistic Netherlands a restoration of the episcopal hierarchy by Pope Pius IX. should be realized. To this end, he represented the movement on April 15, 1853 with a speech to King Wilhelm III . As a result, the Thorbecke cabinet was dissolved.

On March 2, 1854, he was appointed professor of church history and ecclesiastical ethics at the University of Utrecht . Ter Haar therefore gave up his last pastor on June 11, 1854 with a sermon on Paul's second letter to Timothy (2, 19), and on June 16 of that year he gave his inaugural address De historiae eclesiasticae et theologiae moralis studio, his maxime , diebus arcte conjungendo and took up his post on June 23. In his capacity as a Utrecht university lecturer, he also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater from 1859-1860 . As a church historian, his work Geschiedenis der Kerkhervorming in Tafereelen should be emphasized, which saw several editions. He has also made a name for himself as a poet. His pastoral poetry described in a vivid way and showed a passionate love for nature. For today's readers, however, it seems boring and sometimes shrill. His poetics certainly had a certain edifying effect on the people of his time, but also shows a certain conservative naivete.

Haar became a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences , the Dutch Literature Society in Leiden and head of the Society for the Defense of Christian Worship in The Hague. In 1849 he became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lions , and in 1876 he became the commander of the same award and in 1879 the Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown . On December 17, 1874 he said goodbye to his students and was retired on January 1, 1875.

In the last years of his life he moved to Velp, where his body was buried in the Rozendaal cemetery.

family

Haar was married twice. His first marriage was on August 4, 1830 in The Hague with Johanna Maria van Woudenberg (born February 16, 1806 in Culemborg, † December 18, 1851 in Amsterdam), the pastor's daughter in Abcoude, Schoonderwoert, Amstelveen, Culemborg, Kampen and in 1818 in The Hague Hubertus van Woudenberg (* October 12, 1772 in St. Maartensdijk; † January 28, 1829 in The Hague) and his wife Debora Catharina Schutstal (* around 1776; † April 27, 1832 in The Hague). His second marriage was on November 16, 1854 in The Hague with Helena Elisabeth Roering (born June 4, 1808 in The Hague, † March 8, 1874 in Utrecht), the widow of Dirk Leendert Jonquiere, the daughter of Gijsbertus Roering and the Elisabeth Martina van Esen (* around 1788 - † January 19, 1838 in The Hague). There are children from the first marriage. We know of these:

• Barend ter Haar (born September 28, 1831 in Eemnes, † April 27, 1902 in Nijmegen) m. I. December 14, 1854 in Amsterdam with Catharina Christina van Raalte (born June 11, 1831 in Amsterdam; † November 18, 1874 in Nijmegen) married. II. December 22, 1876 in Nijmegen with Sara Catharina Louisa van Gulpen (* May 11, 1838 in Nijmegen; † October 31, 1891 ibid)
• Hubertus ter Haar (born June 29, 1833 in Vlaardingen; † June 30, 1892 in Nijmegen) teacher in Deventer and Amsterdam, married. July 12, 1866 in Amsterdam with Pauline Adelaide la Cave (* July 30, 1838 in Amsterdam; † October 13, 1911 in Nijmegen)
• Johanna Judith ter Haar (born March 1, 1835 in Vlaardingen, † June 25, 1906 in Nijmegen) married. on April 2, 1857 in Utrecht with pastor Hendrik Willem Terpstra (born March 15, 1834 in Harderwijk, † April 8, 1864 in Zaandijk)
• Herman ter Haar (born June 10, 1836 Arnhem † January 12, 1837 ibid)

Works (selection)

• De zelfopoffering. Met zilv. conf. en pl. in de werken vh Genootsch. 'Tot Nut en Beschaving'. 1826 - November 1813. Rotterdam 1831
• Vaderlandsche poëzy. Amsterdam 1833
• De Batavieren. Leeuwarden 1833
• De ondergang v. Jeruzalem. Rotterdam 1836
• De reis naar Java. Rotterdam 1837
• Johannes en Theagenes. Eene legende uit de Apostol. Eeuw. Arnhem 1838. 4th ed. 1856, ( online );
• Poetry rules at the dood vd Hoogl. JH van der Palm, na de bijwoning zijner plegige uitvaart, September 12, 1840. Leiden 1840
• De Geschiedenis the Kerkhervorming in Tafereelen. The Hague 1843; Amsterdam 1844; 1846 ( online ); 1849; 1854; German: The history of the Reformation in descriptions. 5th edition Gotha 1856 ( 2nd volume online )
• Proeve van eene answers the vraag: "Welken invloed heeft het Christendom gehad op de Poëzij? 1843 ( Online )
• Huibert en Klaartje. Eene vertelling. The Hague 1844 ( online ), 3rd edition, Haarlem 1858; and more often, also translated into Frisian and Hungarian
• De St. Paulusrots. Amsterdam 1846, 3rd edition Amsterdam 1847 ( online )
• Poems by Bernard ter Haar. 3rd edition Arnhem 1852 ( vol. 1 online ), 1857 ( online )
• De ware boven everything lustful, vrijgbaar by Christ. Empty over Joh. VIII: 36. Amsterdam 1848 ( online )
• Verzameling v. promise en onuitgegeven poems. Arnhem 1848, 1850, 1852
• Hollands Bloei in schoone Kunsten en Wetenschappen, bij het sluiten vd Munster vrede twee eeuwen later beschouwd. Eene voorlezing. Leiden 1849 ( online )
• Zangen bij het vijf-en-twintigjarig bestaan ​​van het Nederlandsche Genootschap: Tot zedelyke verbetering der Gevangen. 1849 ( online )
• Pliers v. vroegeren leeftijd en Nieuwe poems. Arnhem 1851, 2nd vol .; 1857
• Woorden van troost en besturing in dagen van droefheid en rouw. Tiental Leerred. Amsterdam 1853 ( online ); 1864
• Aanspraak aan ZM den Koning ... uitmakende de deputatie vh Protestantsch adres tegen de Bisschoppelijke Hiërarchie. Amsterdam 1853
• Idle speeches. Amsterdam 1853
• Proeve Chr. Pliers. Amsterdam 1854
• De onwrikbare vastheid vh Godsgebouw. Afsch. talk about 2 Tim. II: 19, go to Amsterdam June 11, 1854. Amsterdam 1854 ( online )
• De Historiae ecclesiasticae et Theologiae moralis studio, his nostris diebus archissime coniungendo. Oratio inauguralis. Utrecht 1854
• De Historia religionis Christianae indole, hodie nimium spretâ, haud sine gravissimo damna contemnendâ ac negligenda. Oratio rectoralis. Utrecht 1860 ( online )
• Noach's first offerhande na den zondvloed. Empty over genes. VIII: 20a uitspr. na het wijken vd watervloed 17 Febr. 1861. Utrecht 1861
• Op het kerkhof te Rozendaal: bij het graf van den vroeg ontslapen poet De Genestet Overleden July 2, 1861. 1861 ( Online )
• Offergave-verzameling v. promise en onuitgeg. opstellen aan het gebied v. Art en Letteren ontleend. Eene bijdrage td opbouw vd Kerk der Hervorming te Enschedé. Utrecht 1862 ( online )
• Van God onze hulpe. Empty over Ps. CXXI ​​1: 2 ter godsd. open. vh Academiejaar. Utrecht 1864
• Like what Jezus? Tiental Voorlez. over het 'Leven v. Jezus' door Ernest Renan, na de open. the Acad. lessen gehouden. Utrecht 1864 ( online ), translated into German: Ten lectures on Renan's life of Jesus. H. Doermer. Gotha 1864
• Van God onze hulpe: void over Psalm CXXI: vs. 1 en 2, the godsdienstige Opening van het Akademiejaar. Amsterdam 1864 ( online )
• Opening of the academic Lessengehouden. Utrecht 1864 ( online )
• Levens report v. J. Steenmeyer. Arnhem 1865 (with R. Bennink Janssonius)
• Poems. Derde Verzamel. Arnhem 1866 ( online )
• De wachters op the morning. Empty on the 350s commemorative day of the Kerkherv. over Ps. CXXX: 6b uitspr. op 3 Nov. 1867. The Hague 1867
• De slotsom eener veeljarige Evang. operating. Empty over I Tim. 1: 5. Review 22 May 1870 bij de thought. zijner veertigjar. Ev. service. Utrecht 1870
• Wijsheid en oorlogswapenen. Empty over Pred. IX: 18a, spoken word. 25 Sept. 1870 ter godsd. opening vh Acad. jaar. Utrecht 1870
• De Historiographie der Kerkgeschiedenis. Utrecht 1870-1873, 2nd volume ( 1st volume online )
• Utrecht in 1672: a historical opening of the academische lessen, gehouden. Utrecht 1872 ( online )
• Poems. Splendid suitg. geïll. d. Nederl. signs. Arnhem and The Hague 1872-1876
• Bedrogen hoop. Utrecht 1873
• Afscheid speech uitspr. bij zijn aftreden as hoogl. in de Godgeleerdh. te Utrecht on December 17th 1874. Arnhem 1874.
• Complete poems. (Popular edition) The Hague 1878-1879
• Laatste poems. The Hague 1879

literature

• Didericus Gijsbertus van Epen: Nederland's patriciaat. Centraal bureau voor genealogie en heraldick. The Hague, 1970, vol. 56, p. 40
• AC Honders: Haar, Bernhard ter . In: Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. JH Kok, Kampen, 1983, ISBN 9024223326 , Vol. 2, p. 229
• AW Bronsveld: Een theologically Klaverblad. JM Bredee, Rotterdam, 1897, pp. 1-22.
• JME Dercksen: D r. Bernard ter Haar. In: DF van Heyst: Het Leeskabinet. Mengelwerk dead Gezellig Onderhoud voor Beschaafde Kringen. Gualth. Kolff, Leiden, 1881, 1st volume, pp. 81-90.
• HAIR (Bernard ter) In: Jan Pieter de Bie enJakob Loosjes: Biographical woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland. (BWPGN) Verlag Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag, 1919, Vol. 3, pp. 424-427.
• J. Herderscheê: HAIR (Bernard ter) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 2. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 536–537 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, reprinted unchanged).

Web links

• Hair in the Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae
• Har at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
• Haar at the digital library of Dutch literature (DBNL)