L. H. C. Hölty

Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph, son of P. E. Hölty, pastor at Mariensee on the Lcine, nenr Hannover, was born at Mariensee, Dec. 21, 1748. He entered the University of Gottingen, 1769; completed his course, Easter, 1772; and became a Candidate of Theology, but never obtained a charge. He died at Han¬nover, Sept. 1, 1776. His complete Gedichte, edited by his friend J. H. Voss, were published at Hamburg, 1783 (2nd ed. 1804). The only piece which can be called a hymn and has been translated into English is:—
Ueb' immer Treu und Redlichkeit. Conduct of Life. First published in J. H. Voss's Musenalmanach, Hamburg, 1119, p. ill, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "The old country¬man to his son." Included in the Oldenburg Gesang-Buch, 1791, No. 480. The translation are, (1) "Let truth and spotless faith be thine," in the Harp of Zion, ed. by Basil Woodd, 1833, &, 101; (2) “With honest heart go on your way," in Dawson's Psalms & Hymns 1846, No. 112. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Hölty, Ludwig H. C, p. 530, i. Concerning the translation of his hymn "Ueb' immer Treu," we note that No. 1 is found in the German Songster, Berlin, 1798, p. 13; No. 2 is by Joseph Gostick, in his Spirit of German Poetry, 1845, p. 139.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)