Background
Kooyman was born in Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands on November 12, 1880.
Kooyman was born in Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands on November 12, 1880.
From 1902 to 1905 he served as an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missionary in the Netherlands. Kooyman spent most of his adult life living in Utah. He wrote many articles that were published in the local press while in this capacity.
While mission president, Kooyman translated at least fifty hymns into Dutch and published a Dutch hymnal.
He translated the temple ordinances into Dutch. Kooyman worked in the office of the Church Historian on his return from the Netherlands.
In the current English edition of the hymnal are the following hymns for which Kooyman wrote the text:
"In Memory of the Crucified" (Hymn # 190)
"How Beautiful Thy Temples Lord" (Hymn # 288)
"Thy Spirit, Lord, Has Stirred Our Souls" (Hymn # 157)
"Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done" (Hymn # 188).