Stand up! Stand up for Jesus

Stand up, stand up for Jesus. George Duffield (1818-1888). This was written in 1858, inspired by the last words of Duffield’s friend Dudley A. Tyng (1825-1858). Tyng, a fearless opponent of contemporary evils such as slavery, had preached to a meeting of five thousand people at Philadelphia on 30 March 1858. He then went to help on the family farm, and became entangled with a piece of machinery; his arm had to be amputated, and he died a few days later. On his deathbed he said ‘Tell them to stand up for Jesus’. On the Sunday after Tyng’s death Duffield preached a memorial sermon, no doubt with these words in mind, using Ephesians 6: 14 as his text: ‘Stand therefore, having your loins girt...