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He graduated from Yale College and the Union Theological Seminary in New New York
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George Duffield
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He was a pastor from 1840 to 1869 at numerous cities including Brooklyn, New New York Bloomfield, New Jersey. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Adrian, Michigan.
Galesburg, Illinois. Saginaw City, Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan.
Duffield was known as a zealous advocate of abolition and Union causes during the United States. Civil War. Upon the tragic death of another abolitionist and friend, he shared in a sermon, "I caught its inspiration from the dying words of that noble young clergyman, Review
Dudley Atkins Tyng, rector of the Epiphany Church, Philadelphia, who died about 1854.
His body is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan. His hymns include:
"Blessed Saviour, Thee I love"
"Parted for some anxious days"
"Slowly in sadness and in tears"
"Doctor George Duffield Dead". New York Times. July 7, 1888.
Retrieved 2015-2012-20.
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His last words were, ‘Tell them to stand up for Jesus: now let us sing a hymn.’ As he had been much persecuted in those pro-slavery days for his persistent course in pleading the cause of the oppressed, it was thought that these words had a peculiar significance in his mind. As if he had said, ‘Stand up for Jesus in the person of the downtrodden salve.’ (Luke 5:18)"
"Stand up, stand up for Jesus".
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1888 (aged 69) -
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United States