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HIS NAME IS LIFE

Composer: Carman

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Composer: Bill Gaither

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Composer: Gloria Gaither

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. 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 met Bill Ga… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HIS NAME IS LIFE
Composer: Carman
Composer: Bill Gaither
Composer: Gloria Gaither
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 71233 33345 43344
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1983 by Gaither Music Company and Some-O-Dat Music

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Unending Praise: A Fabric of Contemporary Favorites Arranged for Organ
    Composer/Editor Tim Doran
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1993) pp. 37

Piano Solo

  • In Praise of His Name: Songs Celebrating the Name of Jesus
    Composer/Editor Bernadine W. Johnson
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (2000) pp. 28

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #318

Songs of Faith and Praise #223

Audio

The Celebration Hymnal #117

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #114

Worship His Majesty #60

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