Matthias Loy (March 17, 1828 - January 26, 1915) was an American Lutheran theologian in the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio. Loy was a prominent pastor, editor, author and hymnist who served as president of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. Biography Matthias Loy was the fourth of seven children of Matthias and Christina Loy, immigrants from Germany who lived as tenant farmers in the Blue Mountain area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1834, when Matthias was six years old, the family moved to Hogestown, a village nine miles west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When he was fourteen, he was sent as an apprentice to Baab and Hummel, printers of Harrisburg. Here he worked for six years, while attending school. He received a classical education at Harrisburg Academy and graduated at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio in 1849. In 1849, he entered the Lutheran ministry and became pastor at Delaware, Ohio. In 1865 he resigned his pastorate to become professor in the Theological Seminary of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. In 1881 he was elected president of Capital University. Following a critical attack of angina pectoris, he retired as professor emeritus in 1902 Loy edited the Lutheran Standard, official periodical of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio, from 1864 until 1890. In 1881, he founded the Columbus Theological Magazine and managed it for ten years. He was President of the Ohio Synod from 1860 to 1878 and again from 1880 to 1894. In 1887, Muhlenberg College gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He wrote twenty-one hymns and also translated a number of German hymns into the English language. He also edited a translation of Dr. Martin Luther's House Postil in 3 vols. (1874–1884). He died in Columbus on January 26, 1915. Works Books The Doctrine of Justification, (1862) Life of Luther, translated (1869) Essay on the Ministerial Office, (1870) Sermons on the Gospels, (1888) Christian Prayer, (1890) Christian Church, (1896) Story of My Life, (3rd ed. – 1905) The Augsburg Confession, (1908) The Sermon on the Mount, (1909) Sermons on the Epistles, (1910) Hymns The Law of God is Good and Wise The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace An Awe-full Mystery Is Here Jesus, Thou Art Mine Forever At Jesus' Feet Our Infant Sweet See also The Lutheran Hymnal contains several hymns either written or translated by Matthias Loy References Other sources Matthias Loy, Leader Of Ohio's Lutherans by