Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam York album, Kurt Cobain refers to the song as "a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we do it the Vaselines' way." Elvis Costello uses the line "Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam" in the song "Alibi" from his 2002 album "When I Was Cruel". On the deluxe edition of their 2014 Album "Bleach House", Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub released a cover of "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus At a memorial service for Tyng, Duffield gave a sermon based on Ephesians 6:14, "Stand firm, wearing the whole armour of God", and ended it by reciting the new hymn he had written as a tribute. The hymn was first brought into public knowledge through leaflets printed by the superintendent of the local Christian school containing the words of the hymn. One of these leaflets ended up being published in a Baptist newspaper, and "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" was published in The Church Psalmist in 1859. After first publication, the hymn was popular and was sung by both