LYRICS

I’m reading my B-I-B-L-E and this is what it says to me,
It tells me that I’m never ever alone.
I’m learning how J-E-S-U-S came down to us and gave HIS best.
Without a doubt the best friend you’ll ever know.

Our God knows exactly what I need so I remember this. Let’s Go!!

Chorus:
When you ask He cares;  When you seek He’s there.
When you knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
God opens up the door.   
(Repeat chorus)

Interlude  /  Repeat entire song  /  Final Chorus twice

Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
(1858)

“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, 
having put on the breastplate of righteousness.”
Ephesians 6:14

Hymn Background:

Dudley Tyng served as his father’s assistant at Philadelphia’s Church of the Epiphany and was elected its pastor when his father retired in 1854.  He was only 29 when he succeeded his father at this large Episcopal church and at first it seemed to be a great fit.  Loud complaints rose from the more conservative members, resulting in Dudley’s resignation in 1856.

He and his followers organized the Church of the Covenant elsewhere in the city, and his reputation grew.  He began noontime Bible studies at the YMCA, and his ministry reached far beyond his own church walls.  Dudley had a burden for leading husbands and fathers to Christ, and he helped organize a great rally to reach men.

On Tuesday, March 30,1858, 5000 men gathered. As Dudley looked over the sea of faces he felt overwhelmed.  “I would rather this right arm were amputated at the trunk than that I should come short of my duty to you in delivering God’s message,” he told the crowd.  Over 1000 men were converted on that day.

Two weeks later Dudley was visiting in the countryside, watching a corn-thrasher in a barn.  His hand moved too close to the machine and his sleeve was snared.  His arm was ripped from its socket, the main artery severed.  Four days later his right arm was amputated close to the shoulder.  When it appeared he was dying, Dudley told his aged father: “Stand up for Jesus, father, and tell my brethren of the ministry to stand up for Jesus.”

Rev. George Duffield of Philadelphia’s Temple Prebyterian Church was deeply stirred by Dudley’s funeral, and the following Sunday he preached from Ephesians 6:14 about standing firm for Christ.  He read a poem he had written, inspired by Dudley’s words:

Stand up, stand up for Jesus,  Ye soldiers of the cross.
Lift high His royal banner, It must not suffer loss.

The editor of a hymnal heard the poem, found appropriate music, and published it.  “Stand Up for Jesus” soon became one of America’s favorite hymns, extending Dudley’s dying words to millions.

Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
LYRICS:

1. 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.

2. Stand up, stand up for Jesus the trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day;
“Ye that are brave now serve Him” against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger and strength to strength oppose.

4. Stand up, stand up for Jesus the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song;
To those who overcometh, a crown of life shall be;
They with the King of glory shall reign eternally.

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