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Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt

Short Name: Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt
Full Name: Hohlfeldt, Christoph Christian, 1776-1849
Birth Year: 1776
Death Year: 1849

Hohlfeldt, Christoph Christian, was born Aug. 9, 1776, at Dresden. He became, in 1819, Advocate for the Poor (Armen-Advocat) at the Court of Appeal at Dresden, and died at Dresden, Aug. 7, 1849 (K. Goedeke's Grundriss, 1862 ff., iii. p. 183). His hymns appeared in his Harfenklänge, Dresden and Leipzig, 1823,1830 and 1836. The only one translation into English is:—
Verlass mich nicht! 0 du, zu dem ioh flehe. Supplication. In his Harfenklänge, 1836, p. 244, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "Prayer." Translated as:—
Forsake me not! 0 Thou, my Lord, my light, by Mrs. J. P. Morgan, in the Christian Union, 1883. It is a translation of stanzas i., ii., v., and is given as No. 116 in Laudes Domini, New York, 1884. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology


Texts by Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt (9)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Forsake me not, O God to whom I'm prayingChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)1
Forsake me not! O Thou, my Lord, my Light!C. C. Hohlfeldt, 19th cent. (Author)English1
Ich zage nicht! Du bist's, zu dem ich fleheChristoph Christian Hohlfeld (Author (v. 1))German1
Mit dem Herrn fang' Alles anChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)German17
Vergiss ihn nicht, vergiss ihn nicht! das Wort die Welt bereitetChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)German4
Verlass mich nicht, o du, zu dem ich fleheChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)German2
With the Lord all things beginChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)English2
With the Lord thy task begin, Child-like faith in Him possessingChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)English5
With the Lord thy task begin, Jesus will direct itChristoph Christian Hohlfeldt (Author)English0
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