T.T. Martin was born on this day in 1862 in Mississippi, where his father was a preacher and college professor. Although he wanted to become a lawyer, the Lord saved his soul and called him to preach the gospel. After attending seminary in Louisville, he began his ministry in Kentucky, but the Lord eventually led him west. He pastored in Leadville, Colorado, at the elevation of 10,000 feet, and then at the foot of the mountains at Canyon City. At the turn of the century he was again in the mountains, pastoring in Cripple Creek, Colorado. In addition to his church responsibilities, Brother Martin became an evangelist, preaching Christ in many of the mining camps scattered throughout the Rocky Mountains. Eventually this became his full-time ministry. He bought two huge tents. While he was preaching in one place, he shipped his second tent to another location and had it set up, then he would quickly travel to the new site and begin preaching three messages a day for up to three weeks, before moving again to where his other tent was awaiting him. T.T. Martin wrote a number of books, one of which sits in my library. He is best known today for his works against the growing cancer of evolution.