Born: De­cem­ber 25, 1864, Hights­town, New Jer­sey.

Died: Au­gust 30, 1914, Ri­al­to, Flor­i­da.

Buried: Fort My­ers, Flor­i­da.

Martin was pas­tor of the Grace Bap­tist Church (for­mer­ly Cra­mer’s Hill), Cam­den, New Jer­sey (1891-4); No­ank Bap­tist Church, Noank, Con­nec­ti­cut (1894-1900); Grace Bap­tist Church, Som­er­ville, Mass­a­chu­setts (near Bos­ton; at the time of his ar­rival there it was noted he was from “Bluff­ton, In­di­a­na”); and the First Bap­tist Church in Ft. My­ers, Flor­i­da, from 1912 un­til his death.

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Lyrics

  1. Children of God
  2. Children’s Call, The
  3. Fully Satisfied
  4. Glad Reunion By and By, The
  5. God Is Watching o’er Us
  6. Half I Cannot Tell, The
  7. Heed the Call
  8. Homeland So Dear, The
  9. I Am Happy in My Savior
  10. I Am Trusting
  11. I Remem­ber Calvary
  12. I’ll Be There
  13. Jesus Shall Lead Me
  14. Jesus, Tender Shepherd
  15. Lead Me
  16. Let the Dear Savior Come In
  17. May God Depend on You?
  18. Message to You and Me, A
  19. My Anchor Holds
  20. My Savior and I
  21. Name of Jesus, The
  22. Nearer to Thee
  23. On, Brave Heralds
  24. On Such a Change
  25. Shall We Meet in Glory?
  26. Shout Hosannas
  27. Sitting at the Feet of Jesus
  28. Springtime Song
  29. Still Sweeter Every Day
  30. Sweet and Clear
  31. Tell Me Again of Jesus
  32. Touch It? Not I
  33. We Shall Stand in Spotless White
  34. “Whosoever,” That Means Me