In 1858 a revival occurred in Philadelphia. The leader was a 29-year-old Episcopal minister named Dudley Tyng. It began in a series of noonday talks for men that he led. On March 30, 1858, he addressed a group of 5,000 from Exodus 10:11,
“Go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD” (KJV)
During his talk, he came to a climactic point, raised his right arm and declared,
“I would rather have my arm removed at the stump than to fail to declare God’s Word to you.”
At the close of his talk, 1,000 men gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
The next week he visited a farm outside the city. Fascinated by a mule-drawn corn thresher, he reached out to pat the mule. As he did so, the sleeve of his jacket got caught in the thresher and his arm was badly mangled, severing the artery and doing severe nerve damage. Several days later doctors amputated his arm, but it was too late. Infection set in and he quickly declined. Before he died, he spoke to a group of family and friends gathered around his bed. Knowing he would soon be dying, he exhorted them with these words:
“Stand up for Jesus! Go back to the church and tell them to always stand up for Jesus.”
When those words were repeated at the funeral, they made an enormous impact on a man named George Duffield, who later put them to music:
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Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory, His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed
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