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![]() | The market place is emptyAuthor: Gloria Gaither; Author: Bill Gaither; Author: Chuck MillhuffTune: KING IS COMING Published in 3 hymnals |
Gloria Gaither (born March 4, 1942) is a Christian songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic. She is the wife of Bill Gaither and also sang in the Bill Gaither Trio, one of the most influential groups in recent Christian music.
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She was born Gloria Lee Sickal in 1942 in Michigan, a daughter of pastor Lee Sickal and Dorothy Sickal. She spent most of her childhood and high school career in the Battle Creek area of Michigan, working a brief time for the Kellogg Company. When Sickal graduated from high school, she attended Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. There, she triple majored in English, French, and Sociology. Upon her graduation, she took a job at Alexandria Monroe High School as a French teacher. There, she m… Go to person page >
William (Bill) J. Gaither is an American singer and songwriter of southern gospel and Contemporary Christian Music. Besides having written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife, Gloria, he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio, and the Gaither Vocal Band. In the 1990s, his career (as well as the careers of other southern gospel artists) gained a resurgence as the popularity of the Gaither Homecoming series grew.
Bill Gaither was born in Alexandria, Indiana, around 35 miles northeast of Indianapolis, in 1936, the son of George and Lela Gaither. He formed his first group, the Bill Gaither Trio (consisting of Bill, his sister Mary Ann and brother Danny), in 1956 while a college student at Anderson College. A… Go to person page >| First Line: | The market place is empty |
| Title: | The King Is Coming |
| Author: | Gloria Gaither |
| Author: | Bill Gaither |
| Author: | Chuck Millhuff |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | O the King is coming, the King is coming |
| Copyright: | © Copyright 1970 William J. Gaither, Inc. All rights controlled by Gaither Copyright Management. |
| Instances (2) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Hymns of Faith #515 | The market place is empty | The King Is Coming | O, the King is coming | Gloria Gaither; Charles Milhuff; William J. Gaither | William J. Gaither | Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27; Acts 1:11; Titus 2:13; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 22:4; Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:20 | [The market place is empty] | A Major | 1980 | ||||||||
| Sing Joyfully #551 | The marketplace is empty | The King Is Coming | O, the King is coming, the King is coming! | William J. Gaither; Gloria Gaither; Charles Milhuff | William J. Gaither | [The marketplace is empty] | A Major | English | 1989 |
