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in 1893, and by Yale in 189G, and that of LL.D. by Union in 1898, by Washington and Jefferson in 1903, and by Wesleyan, 1903. He was trustee of Princeton university ; preacher to Harvard university, and to the universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania, and president of the Holland society. In 1903 he was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. He is the author of : The Reality of Religion (1884) ; The Story of the Psalms (1887) ; The National Sin of Literary Piracy (1888) ; The Poetry of Tennyson (1889) ; Sermons to Young Men (1893) ; The Christ Child in Art (1894) ; Little Rivers (1895) ; TJie Other Wise Man (1896) ; The Gospel for an Age of Doubt (1896) ; The First Christmas Tree (1897) \ The Builders and Other Poems (1897) ; Ships and Havens (1897) ; The Lost Word (1898); The Gospel for a World of Sin (1899) ; Fisherman's Luck (1899) ; The Toiling of Felix and other Poems (1900) ; The Poetry of the Psalms (1900) ; The Friendly Year (1900) ; Preface to Counsel on Books and Reading (1900) ; The Ruling Passion (1901) ; The Blue Flower (1903) ; Tlie Open Door (1908).

VAN DYKE, Henry Jackson, clergyman, was born at Abington, Montgomery county. Pa., March 2, 1832 ; son of Dr. Frederick Augustus and Eliza (Anderson) Van Dyke ; grandson of Frederick Van Dyke ; great-grandson o£ John Van Dyke, a patriot soldier, who was killed at the battle of Monmouth in 1778, and a descendant of Jan Thomasse Van Dijk, who emigrated from Holland in 1652, and became first magis- trate of New Utrecht, L.I. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1843, A.M., 1846 ; attended Yale Theological seminary, and was graduated from Princeton Theological seminary in 1845. He was married in 1845 to Henrietta, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lehman) Ashmead of Philadelphia, Pa. He was ordained to the ministry by the Presbj^tery of Philadelphia, in June, 1845 ; was pastor at Bridge- ton, N.J., 1845-53 ; at Germantown, Pa., 1852-53, and of the 2d Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1853-91. He was a director of Princeton Theological seminary, 1873-91, and Stone lec- turer in 1890, and was elected professor of syste- matic theology at Union Theological seminary in 1891. The honorary degree of D.D. was con- ferred on him by the University of Missouri in 1860, He is the author of : The Lord's Prayer (1872) ; The Church : Her Ministry and Sacra- ments (1890), and of many published sermons. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y.,'May 25, 1891.

VAN DYKE, John, jurist, was born in Lam- ington, N.J., April 3, 1807 ; son of Abraham and Sarah (Honeyman) Van Dyke ; grandson of Abraham and Ida (Stryker) Van Dyke and of Jan and Margaret (Barcolo) Van Dyke, and a de-

scendant of Ian Van Dyke of New Utrecht, L.L, who came from Amsterdam in 1652. He was privately educated ; studied law ; was admitted to the bar in 1S36, and began practice in New Brunswick, N.J. He was a Whig representative from Ne%v Jersey in the 30th and 31st congresses, 1847-51, and judge of the supreme court of New Jersey, 1860-67. He was also first president of the Bank of New Jersey, prosecutor of the pleas, mayor of New Brunswick, and held many posi- tions of honor and trust. He removed to Wabasha, Minn., in 1868, was a state senator, 1869, and judge of the 3d judicial district by special appointment, 1870. He was married, Oct. 7, 1841, to Mary Dix, daughter of Theodore (q.v.) and Lucy (Dix) Strong, and had five sons, among them: Theodore Strong (q.v.) and John Charles (q.v.). Judge Van Dykediedin Wabasha, Minn., Dec. 24, 1878.

VAN DYKE, John Charles, author, was born in New Brunswick, N.J., April 31, 1856 ; son of Judge John (q.v.) and Mary Dix (Strong) Van Dyke. He was privately educated and prepared for the U.S. Military academy, but refused his appointment ; attended Columbia college, 1876- 77 ; was admitted to the New York bar, 1877, but did not enter into practice, turning his attention to literature instead. He became librarian of the Sage library, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1878, still retaining this position in 1903. He was a student of art in Europe for many j'ears and subsequently a constant visitor to European galleries and uni- versities. In 1889 he became professor of the history of art, Rutgers college, from which college he received the degree of L.H.D., the same year. He was also appointed the university lecturer at almost all of the larger Eastern universities, in- cluding Harvard, Princeton and Columbia, and became widely known as a lecturer and the author of many books. He edited the Studio, 1883-84; Art Review, 1887-88, and was for ten years art editor of the New York Evening Post. He also edited College Histories of Art (1894); Modern French Masters (1896); and History of American Art (1903), and is the author of : Books and Hoiv to Use Them (1883); Principles of Art (1887); Hoiv to Judge a Picture (1888); Notes on Sage Library (1888); SeHous Art in America (1890); Art for Art's Sake (1893)); History of Painting (1894); Old Dutch and Flemish Masters (1895); Nature for Its Own Sake (1898); The Desert (1901); Old English Masters (1902); The Meaning of Pictures, Columbia university lec- tures (1903).

VAN DYKE, Nicholas, delegate, was born in New Castle county, Del., Sept. 25, 1738 ; son of Nicholas Van Dyke of Flatbush, Long Island, N.Y., who removed to Delaware. He studied law in Philadelphia, Pa.; was admitted to the bar