1866–1948
Mrs. C. D. Martin

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 21, 1866, Jor­dan, No­va Sco­tia, Ca­na­da.

Died: March 9, 1948, At­lan­ta, Geor­gia.

Buried: West­view Ce­me­te­ry, At­lan­ta, Geor­gia.

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Biography

Civilla was the daugh­ter of James N. Hol­den and Irene Har­ding.

She taught school be­fore mar­ry­ing Wal­ter Mar­tin. To­ge­ther, they pro­duced a num­ber of Gos­pel songs.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Accepted in the Be­loved
  2. Across the Bor­der Line
  3. Ambassadors for the King
  4. Are You a Friend to Je­sus?
  5. Awake, Arise
  6. Because He Loved His Own
  7. Blood Will Nev­er Lose Its Pow­er, The
  8. Breath of the Spir­it, The
  9. Cheer Up, O Be­liev­er
  10. Do Some­thing for Some­bo­dy
  11. Doing Bu­si­ness for the King
  12. Fight On
  13. God Will Take Care of You
  14. He Died Be­cause He Loved Us So
  15. He Is Com­ing, Sure­ly Com­ing
  16. Hear Ye Him
  17. Heaven for Me
  18. His Eye Is on the Spar­row
  19. His Love Is an Ocean
  20. I Am Sing­ing the New Song To­day
  21. In a Mo­ment
  22. King of the Ag­es, The
  23. Love Keeps Me Sing­ing
  24. My Fa­ther Knows Just What I Need
  25. Now He Us­es Me
  26. O How You Need Him
  27. Old Ac­count Was Set­tled, The
  28. Old-Fa­shioned Way, The
  29. Old Rug­ged Cross, The
  30. On the Up­grade
  31. One of God’s Days Ev­ery Dark Cloud
  32. Palms of Vic­to­ry
  33. Saved
  34. Saved and Kept by Pow­er Di­vine
  35. Sitting at the Feet of Je­sus
  36. Sleeper in Zi­on, Awake
  37. So Near to the King­dom of Hea­ven
  38. Some Day I Will Sing the Great Glo­ry Song
  39. Standing in the Fore­front
  40. Tell It to Je­sus Alone
  41. ’Twill Not Be Long
  42. Was It You?
  43. Watching for the Dawn­ing
  44. Wave the Ban­ner
  45. We Shall Be Like Him
  46. What a Change
  47. What Will You Say to Him Then?
  48. When Days of Toil Have All Gone By
  49. When He Calls the Roll
  50. Will You and I Be There?
  51. Wonderful Love
  52. Wonderful Time, A
  53. You Shall Wear a Crown