Van Duzer, Joseimi E. A., a minister in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, South, was born in New York city, Sept. 14, 1852 ; was left motherless when an infant; received a fair academic education and a good com- mercial training; married in early manhood; received license to preach in 1873, and united with the Florida Conference, and was appointed to the Cuban work, where he worked faithfully and beyond his endurance until his death, by typho-malarial fever, June 7, 1875. Mr. Van Duzer was a man of great energy and remarkable consecration. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, 1875, p. 179.
Van Dyck, C. L., a minister of the Reformed (Dutch ) Church, was bi>rn at Kinderhook. N. Y., in 1804. He graduated at Union College in 1826, and at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1829, when he was licensed to preach ; became pastor at Marbletown, N. Y., 1829-53; at North Esopus (Port Ewen),N. Y.. 1856-66. He was converted at the early age of sixteen, and was a pious and consistent professor of Christianity from that time until his death, in 1866. See Corwin, .l/aH«w^ o/" the Ref Church in. A merica , s. v.
Van Dyck, Hamilton, a minister of the Re- formed (Dutch) Church, was born in 1807. He gradu- ated at Hamilton College in 1826, and at York Theo- logical Seminary in 1829. He preached at Chambers- burg, Pa., 1829-33 ; and at Prattsville, N. Y., 1833-36. His constitution having been broken down by severe study during his seminary course, he died in 1836. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref Church in A merica, s. v.
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ter, wa3 educated for tlie ministry of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, lie graiiuatcd at Union College in 1824. and at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in l.S-27. During the latter part of his seminary course a controversy was carried on between I'rincetou and An- dover in regard to the doctrines of the extent of I he (itoiteinenf, the etermtl (jencrut'wn of the Son, and the procession of the IJoUj llhost. Young Van Dyck read what was said on both siiles of this controversy, and was left in doubt as to the true doctrine. In conse- quence of his unsettled opinions on these great doc- trines, he was adviseil to remain at the seminary until he should become settled, and was not recommended for licensure. Accordingly he returned to his house in Coxsackie, N. Y., and was licensed by the presbytery of Columbia. X. Y.. in 1827. He was called to the Church at Osborii villi" (\\"in(liiani),(ircene Co., N. Y.,and labored there faithfully and successfidly from 1828 until about 1870, when the loss of his voice compelled him to retire. He tlien returned to his native village, Coxsackie, where he died, Oct. 2.-3, 1877. See Corwin, Manual of the H<f. Church in A uierica, s. v.
Vandyke (Flem. ]'an Di/ck),Sir Anthony, a Flem- ish jjaiiiier. was Iwru in Antwerp. Marcli 22, 15'J0. He was the most illustrious pu]nl of Kiibeus. He visited England; thence went lo Venice, (ienua, and Home; re- turned to Antwerp in 1G27; settled in England in 1032, was knighted by Charles 1 in the same year, and grant- ed a life pension of £200 in IGoS. He excelled as a por- trait-painter, and executed many "crucifixions," " pie- tas,"and historical pieces. He died in Loudon, Dec. 9, 1(341. See Carpenter, Memoir oj" Sir A. \'un Dijck (Lon- don, 1844).
Van Dyke, John P., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Adams County. I'a.. Oct. 18. 1803; graduated at Miami University in 182(3; studied theology privately ; was licenseil by Miami Presbytery in 1828 ; ordained by Chillicothe Presbytery as pastor of West Union Church, O., in June, 1829, which pastorate existed for twenty -three years; in 18,52 became pastor of the Church atKedOak; in 1854. of Frankfort Church, Ind., in Logansport Presbytery; in 1856, of Pleasant Kidge Church, O.; and died Aug. 13, 1862. He wis an able divine; in presbvterial and synodical bodies he liad few equals: his preaching was eminently doctrinal, but ar- dent and impressive. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1863, p. 214.
Vane (written also Fane), a plate of metal turning on a vertical spindle so as to show the direction of the wind, fre(piently fixed on the tops of spires and ])iiniacles, and In other ele- vated positions: it is often in the form of a cock, and from this cir- cumstance is very commonly called a ireathercock. Vanes were in use in the times of the Saxons, and in after- ages were very extensively einployed. They were sometimes perfectly plain, and sometimes cut into ornamental forms, which were not unfrerpiontly heraldic devices. During the preva- lence of the Perpendicular and Eliza- bethan styles, figures supporting vanes Avere often placed on the tops of pin- >^ V i naclcs, and in other exposed situa-
|l I I I J tions: these were usually in the form ' ' of small flags, and were sometimes
Sidshne?'^' P'«""*^<^'1 ^^■•f^i"-'' "-epresentation of some armorial bearing. Occasionally the vane was shaped like an heraldic device. — Parker, Gloss, of Architect, s. v.
Vane, Sir Hexry. an English republican and relig- ious zealot of the period of the Commonwealth, eldest son of a baronet of the same name, was born at Hadlow. in Kent, in 1612. He was educated at Westminster School, and entered as gentleman commoner Magdalen