God Will Take Care of You – Civilla Durfee Martin, 1866–1948
Dianna Lynn Severance
Civilla was a schoolteacher married to minister Walter Stillman Martin. Walter taught for a time at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina, while also leading revival meetings. In 1904, the Martins were at the Practical Bible Training School in Lestershire, New York, where Walter was helping the principal put together a song book. One Sunday Walter was scheduled to preach in a church some distance away, but Civilla was not feeling well and could not go.
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