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Title: Lower Merion Tragedy Led To Celebrated Hymn
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Folder/Item #: Catastrophies (1); 1
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Abstract: Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, a revivalist minister living at Brookfield Farm, died from an accident on the farm; his last words were ‘Let us all stand up for Jesus,’ leading Rev. George Duffield to write a hymn with those words as the title