Toe Water, Willem Hendrik (1885-1938)
Willem Hendrik Toe Water b. 22 May 1885, at Diemen, d. 12 December 1938, at Zwolle, a Dutch Mennonite pastor, who after finishing his theological studies at the University of Amsterdam and Mennonite seminary at Amsterdam, served the congregations of Warns 1912-1916, St-Anna-Parochie 1916-1923, and Zwolle 1923-1938. He was especially active in the Vereeniging voor Gemeentedagen (now Gemeenschap voor Doopsgezind Broederschapswerk), and in 1929-1936 served as editor of its periodical Brieven. Toe Water was one of the first Dutch Mennonite ministers who thought it necessary to organize the youth in a special Youth Association (see Doopsgezinde Jongerenbond). For many years he was a trustee of the Elspeet Brotherhood Home. Toe Water was a pious, poetic, somewhat sensitive spirit; he was a gifted musician, composer of the melody of the Elspeet hymn, a master storyteller. He published a few sermons and a volume of poems, Kleine Geschenken. S. H. N. Gorter, a close friend of Toe Water from 1902, preached his funeral sermon at Zwolle 15 December 1938.
Bibliography
Brieven XXI (1939): No. 12.
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1940): 17-24 with portrait.
Gorter, S. H. N. "Ter Herinnering," mimeographed funeral sermon.
Nederland’s Patriciaat XIII (1923): 415.
De Zondagsbode LII (1938-39): No. 7.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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