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.

Sources

Hymns

  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. May God Depend on You?
  17. Message to You and Me, A
  18. My Anchor Holds
  19. My Savior and I
  20. Name of Jesus, The
  21. Nearer to Thee
  22. On, Brave Heralds
  23. On Such a Change
  24. Shall We Meet in Glory?
  25. Shout Hosannas
  26. Sitting at the Feet of Jesus
  27. Springtime Song
  28. Still Sweeter Every Day
  29. Sweet and Clear
  30. Tell Me Again of Jesus
  31. Touch It? Not I
  32. We Shall Stand in Spotless White
  33. “Whosoever,” That Means Me