Catharina von Schlegel

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Catharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel (22 October 1697 - after 1768 ) was a German
hymn writer.

Although little is known about her life, it is known that she lived in a Lutheran
Damenstift (a residential endowment for unmarried Protestant women). This
Damenstift was in C�then in the Principality of Anhalt. In 1726 she corresponded
with August Hermann Francke, the Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist, and Biblical
scholar. In 1768 von Schlegel was probably still alive.

She wrote a number of hymns in the spirit of early Pietism that can be found in the
various collections of C�then'schen Lieder. Amongst English speakers, von
Schlegel's best known hymn is "Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen"
(written in 1752). It was the translated into English by Jane Laurie Borthwick as
Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side and is usually sung to the tune of
Finlandia.