Mr. Vredenbergh was an impressive, earnest, instruc- tive preacher, a faithful, skilful, successful, and beloved pastor. His amiable qualities endeared him to all that knew him. His attainments were respectable. He was a great friend of the young people, a jiulicious counsel- lor, and attracted a confidence which he always justi- fied. He knew men and he knew God and the Bible as few men do. His spirituality was his crowning ex- cellence and the secret of his success. See Sprague, ,4 nnals of the A mer. Pulpit, vol. ix ; Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church, s. v, ; Walsh, The Martyred Mis- sionaries,'\k. 167, 201. (W. J. R. T.)
Vredenburgh, Heckaliah, a Methodist Episco- pal minister, was born in Westchester County, N. Y., May 10, 1790. He united with the Missouri Conference in 1820, and served appointments in this conference at
Okaw, Wabash, Honey Creek, and Vermilion. In 1824 tlie Illinois Conference was formed, and Mr. Vreden- burgh, being within its limits, became a member, and served it at Vermilion, Crawfordsville, and Logansport Mission. In 1832 the Indiana Conference was formed, and Jlr. Vredenburgh, being located within its limits, be- came one of its members, and served it until his death, Jan. 23, 1869. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 183.
Vrihaspati (or BiiinAsrATi, from hi-ih, "hymn" or "prayer," and pati, "protector" or "lord"), in Vedic mythology, is the guardian of the hymns or prayers of the pious addressed to the gods. He is "the first-born in highest heaven of supreme light," because the pray- ers reach him first; he is "seven-faced," because his faces are the seven Vedic metres ; and " represents all gods," when the sacrifice is performed. He is there- fore sometimes identilied with Agni. He is represent- ed as a priest of the gods, who liimself celebrates wor- ship and imparts instruction. In the epic and Pursinic mythology lie is represented as preceptor of the gods and Rishis. He also appears as regent of the planet .Jupiter; and in the ceremonies performed in honor of the planets described in the Puranas. a special worship is paid him in this capacit3% See Chambers's Encyclo- pcedia, s. v.
Vrimoet, Emo Lucius, a Dutch philologist, was born in 1699 at Emden. In 1722 he was admitted to the ministry, and served successively in Loenen and Harlingen. In 1730 he was called to Franeker as pro- fessor of Oriental languages, to which he joined, in 1731, the chair of Hebrew antiquities. He was also rector of that school, and died there June 15, 1760. He pub- lished, Dissertatio de Te?r(e Filiis (T'lXn "i?3") apud llebrceos (Utrecht, 1719) :— Diss.de Schiloh (ibid. 1722) : — Oratio hiauguralis de Vu.riis Gentilinm Jpsorumque Christianorum Quorundum Erroribus, etc. ( Franeker, 1731): — Antiquitatum Tsraeliticarum Theses Controver- sce (ibid. 1732-39, 2 vols.) : — Diss, de Sitibus in Jureju- rando a Veieribus Hebreeis Maxime et Grcecis Observatis (Utrecht, 1735): — Diss, de Aitlieo Adyti Tcdiernaculi Levilici, ejnsque Rafione lAtterali ac Mysterio (Fran- eker, 174.5) : — Diss. Selecta Veteris Testamenti prtecipue ex Decalofjo (ibid. 1753) : — Ad Dicta Classica Theoloyiw Doqmuticiv V. T. Selecta, etc. (ibid. 1743-57, 3 vols.). See Bibl. Jud. iii, 487 sq. ; \\'iner, Ilandbuch der theol. Lit- eratur, i, 30 ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generule, s. v. (B. P.)
Vrooman, Barent, a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, was born at Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1725. He studied with Cornelius Van Santvoord and Theodorus J. Frelinghuysen, and afterwards at the University of Utrecht from 1750 to 1752; was licensed by the Classis of Utrecht, June 7. 1752, and ordained by the Classis of Amsterdam, July 3 of the same year ; and became pastor at New Paltz, Shawangunk, and Mont- gomery, N. Y., from 1753 to 1754; and at Schenectady from 1754 to 1784. He died Nov. 15, 1784. During his long and laborious pastorate at Schenectady he received more than 400 members into the Church, married 358 couples, and performed 3451 baptisms. He was eloquent as a preacher and beloved as a pastor. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in A merica, s. v.
Vuez, Arnoi>d, a French painter, was born at Op- penois, near Saint-Omer, in 1642. He first received in- struction from a Jewish painter of Saint-Omer, who rec- ommended him to visit Paris, whither he went, and en- tered the school of Frere Luc, remaining three years, and then went to Italy. At Rome he studied the grand works of art, and carried off the first prize at the acad- emy. The prince Pamilfi took him under liis protec- tion, and secured for him many commissions; but his success awakened envy among his rivals, and various plots were formed against his life. At length, in a per- sonal encounter, he killed the intending assassin in self- defence. Shortly after this he received an invitation from Le Brun to visit Paris, which he accepted, and
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was kiiiilly received by that artist. The kinaj gave him a pension, and he executed many good works. He removed to Lille for the purpose of painting a picture of the Presentation in the Temple for the Church of the Hospital, and while there he received so many commis- sions that he {icciilcil to remain there permanently. He was chosen alderman of the city, and died in 1724. Yuez executed many pictures for the churches of Lille, Cambray, and Douay. among the best of which are The Resurrection : — The Mai'tyrdom of St. A ndrew : — The .luifyment of Solomon: — Daniel in the Den of Lions: — - The Difcorei-t/ of the Promised Land: — and The Descent from the Cross. See ii\)OoneT, Bioff, IJist. of the Fine A rts, s. v.