Tyng has an interesting story. In 1854, he took over as pastor of the Church of the Epiphany in Philadelphia when his father retired. But Dudley, unlike his more moderate father, was a committed abolitionist. Just two years later, his preaching against slavery resulted in his being forced to resign. With a few loyal followers, he then organized the Church of the Covenant in that same city. In 1858, he held a rally for fathers and sons, and 5,000 attended. He concluded the event with this: "I would rather this right arm be amputated at the trunk than that I should come short of my duty to you in delivering God's message."

It was only two weeks later that Tyng, visiting a congregant's farm, and watching the thrasher work, got his sleeve caught in that machine. His arm was pulled into the thrasher and torn from its socket. Just a few days later, his arm was amputated at the shoulder. Before he died days a few days later, he told his father to "stand up for Jesus."

From the Delaware [Ohio] Gazette, April 23, 1858: "Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, of the Episcopal Church, a young man of the highest order of talents, formerly Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus, and known to most of our church going citizens, met with a serious accident at his residence in Pennsylvania last week, which has since resulted in his death. While witnessing the operation of a threshing machine, the sleeves of his loose wrapper caught in the cogs of a revolving wheel and drew in his arm, which was terribly lacerated. Mortification having commenced, the arm was amputated near the shoulder, but the unfavorable symptoms still continued, and death ensued in a few days after the operation had been performed." His final words soon became a popular hymn that is still sung today: "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus."

Tyng has an interesting story. In 1854, he took over as pastor of the Church of the Epiphany in Philadelphia when his father retired. But Dudley, unlike his more moderate father, was a committed abolitionist. Just two years later, his preaching against slavery resulted in his being forced to resign. With a few loyal followers, he then organized the Church of the Covenant in that same city. In 1858, he held a rally for fathers and sons, and 5,000 attended. He concluded the event with this: "I would rather this right arm be amputated at the trunk than that I should come short of my duty to you in delivering God's message."

It was only two weeks later that Tyng, visiting a congregant's farm, and watching the thrasher work, got his sleeve caught in that machine. His arm was pulled into the thrasher and torn from its socket. Just a few days later, his arm was amputated at the shoulder. Before he died days a few days later, he told his father to "stand up for Jesus."

From the Delaware [Ohio] Gazette, April 23, 1858: "Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, of the Episcopal Church, a young man of the highest order of talents, formerly Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus, and known to most of our church going citizens, met with a serious accident at his residence in Pennsylvania last week, which has since resulted in his death. While witnessing the operation of a threshing machine, the sleeves of his loose wrapper caught in the cogs of a revolving wheel and drew in his arm, which was terribly lacerated. Mortification having commenced, the arm was amputated near the shoulder, but the unfavorable symptoms still continued, and death ensued in a few days after the operation had been performed." His final words soon became a popular hymn that is still sung today: "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus."