August 21, 1866 – Civilla Martin and “His Eye Is on the Sparrow”

Hymn writers take all shapes and forms.  They aren’t all Fanny Crosby, Isaac Watts or Charles Wesley.  Some of them are like Civilla Durfee Martin, a school teacher from Nova Scotia who wrote three pretty famous hymns: “God Will Take Care of You”, “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power”, and “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.”  She was born on August 21, 1866.