The King Is Coming Lyrics

The King Is Coming lyrics

The King Is Coming



Words by William J. Gaither

and Gloria
Gaither (1,2, and 3),

Charles Millhuff, verse 3 in part.

Music by
William J. Gaither



The marketplace is empty,

No more traffic
in the streets,

All the builders' tools are silent,

No more time to
harvest wheat;

Busy housewives cease their labors,

In the courtroom
no debate,

Work on earth is all suspended

As the King comes thro'
the gate.



CHORUS:

O the King is coming,

The King is
coming!

I just heard the trumpets sounding,

And now His face I
see;

O the King is coming,

The King is coming!

Praise God,
He's coming for me!



Happy faces line the hallways,

Those
whose lives have been redeemed,

Broken homes that He has mended,

Those from prison He has freed;

Little children and the aged

Hand in hand stand all aglow,

Who were crippled, broken, ruined,

Clad in garments white as snow.



CHORUS (repeat)



I
can hear the chariots rumble,

I can see the marching throng,

The
flurry of God's trumpets

Spells the end of sin and wrong:

Regal
robes are now unfolding, 

Heaven's grandstand's all in place,

Heaven's choir now assembled,

Start to sing "Amazing Grace!"



CHORUS (repeat)



 1970 by William J. Gaither (ASCAP). All rights
reserved. Used by permission.