William M. Runyan

William M. Runyan
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Short Name: William M. Runyan
Full Name: Runyan, William M. (William Marion), 1870-1957
Birth Year: 1870
Death Year: 1957

Showing early musical promise, William Marion Runyan (b. Marion, NY, 1870; d. Pittsburg, KS, 1957) was a substitute church organist by the age of twelve. He became a Methodist minister in 1891 and served several churches in Kansas but turned to evangelism in 1903; he worked for the Central Methodist Conference for the next twenty years. Following that service, Runyan became pastor at the Federated Church at John Brown University, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Editor of Christian Workers Magazine, he also served the Moody Bible Institute and was an editor for Hope Publishing Company until his retirement in 1948. Runyan wrote a number of hymn texts, gospel songs, and hymn tunes.

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Texts by William M. Runyan (136)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A closer walk with JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Afar over the harvest field we roamWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
After life's fever, its toil and its careWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
After the toil and the burdenWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
All that my soul in its sin can needW. M. R. (Author)English8
All will be over, every grief and sorrowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
As a shepherd good and trueWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
As night that flees from the morning sunW. M. R. (Author)English1
At Calvary's cross where the cleansing tideWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Be loyal, O, be loyalW. M. R. (Author)English1
Before the march of Christ the MightyWilliam M. Runyan (Author)2
Bend Thou all graciously, Father aboveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Called by the grace that Thy love doth extendW. M. R. (Author)English1
Can we know that Jesus saves usWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English14
Christ is from the grave ascendedWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powersW. M. R. (Author (Chorus))English1
Dias há, bem sei, Em que triste te sentesWilliam Marion Runyan (Author)Portuguese1
Escuta a voz do meu JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)Portuguese1
Far from the fold of GodW. M. R. (Author)English2
For the mercy Jesus will bestowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
Forgiven greatly, Lord, am IWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Forward still, with face full forwardW. M. R. (Author)English3
From Heaven above, in His infinite loveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English16
From Olive's Hill, the multitude upgazingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English8
From the hills of far Judea, from the shores of GalileeW. M. R. (Author)English1
From the sins that scar and the things that marW. M. R. (Author)English2
God will not forget me, wherever my path may lieWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
God's wondrous grace! O how shall mortal tongue declareWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my FatherWilliam Marion Runyan (Author)English1
Hail, blest Redeemer! Thy praises bringingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English6
Hail, King of glory, hail, Lord of loveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Have you heard of that wonderful story so trueW. M. Runyan (Author)English1
He came to me one day, this wondrous JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
He cannot reject meWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
He has it all, the struggle pastWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
He loves, He saves, He keeps, This longing heart of mine (Chorus)William M. Runyan (Author)English1
How still are the waters where Jesus doth gatherW. M. R. (Author)English2
I am happy in my Savior's love (Chorus)William M. Runyan (Author)English1
I am on the heavenly highway, With the Savior as my guideWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English11
I am sure of a home in heavenWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
I am yielding all to TheeW. M. R. (Author)English1
I can see it in my dreaming, that sweet land of strange reposeW. M. R. (Author)English1
I cannot understand how God could love meWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
I have Jesus in my heart, HallelujahWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
I marvel, O, I marvel soWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
I never have known so true a friend as JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
I will do what I can for my Savior todayRev. W. M. Runyan (Author)English1
If we brightly shine, if we sweetly smileWilliam Marion Runyan (Author)English6
In childhood's morn of brimming gleeWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
In my heart a song is ringing, echoing God's loveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
In the fold were the ninety and nineW. M. R. (Author)English1
In the glory that shone from the cross one dayW. M. R. (Author)English1
In the midst of the heavenly home landW. M. R. (Author)English1
In the way our fathers trodWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Into the garden where shadows were creepingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
It is not far to the place of pardonWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
It was night within my soul when JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Jesus will keep me by power divineWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English4
Just a little while ere the last long mileW. M. R. (Author)English3
Just as you are there's a welcome for youW. M. R. (Author)English8
Like a life line flung over the raging seaW. M. R. (Author)English1
Like a strain of sweetest musicWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English6
Like as a mother comfortethWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English10
Lingering here 'mid life's sorrow and careWm. M. Runyan (Author)English1
Live for others while on earth you liveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Long time I wandered, wandered from JesusW. M. R. (Author)English1
Lord, I have shut the door, Speak now the wordWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English26
Lord, when to Thee our grieved hearts goWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Many are walking in darkness and sinWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Memory whispers to me nowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
"My grace is sufficient," O, wondrous wordWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Near, near to Thee, help us to liveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
Not the love that I have had for JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
O church of Jesus, thy true sons honor theeW. M. R. (Author)English1
O tell me more of Jesus' loveWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
O the joy that here we may walk with JesusWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
O, there is a way, and it is the sure wayWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Only a little while for the love's sweet serviceW. M. R. (Author)English1
ஓர் தாய் தன் பிள்ளையை அன்பாக (Ōr tāy taṉ piḷḷaiyai aṉpāka)William M. Runyan (Author)Tamil1
Our God hath given promiseWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English10
Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown coldWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English4
Our lives are read by those who lookWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Prayer is the breath of the soul's deep lifeW. M. R. (Author)English3
Proclaim the glad tidings to earth's farthest nationsW. M. R. (Author)English1
Revive Thy work, O Lord! Fill now each waiting heartW. M. R. (Author)English1
Sang the angels long agoW. M. R. (Author)English1
Since Jesus bore my weight of sorrowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Since Jesus came, my night is turned to dayW. M. R. (Author)English1
So long have God's servants been callingW. M. R. (Author)English1
Soldiers of Jesus, clad in God's bright armorWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Some say it is a fable and that Jesus never cameWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
Souls are all about us, Knowing not the LordW. M. R. (Author)English2
Surgem anjos proclamandoWilliam Marion Runyan (Author)Portuguese1
Sweet morning comes with light and dewW. M. Runyan (Author)English1
Tell it all to Jesus when the day goes wrongWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
The angels sang at the Savior's birthWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
The fields are white for harvest now, And souls before the Lord should bowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
The gospel of the grace of GodW. M. R. (Author)English1
I'm the child of the King of kingsWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
The peace that like a river flowsWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
The songs of the world may be manyWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
The voice of God is calling me in ways I can but hearWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
There is a fold where all secure they lieWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
They tell me there is one who knows my needWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English4
They were in the place of waitingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)3
This be our task on life's long rugged wayWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Though a pilgrim and stranger hereWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Though the way seem long, the burden hard to bearWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
Though foes assail us on the fieldW. M. R. (Author)English5
Though in life's stress thy heart aweary beW. M. R. (Author)English1
Though my way be swept with stormWilliam M. Runyan (Author)1
Through ages long swept by the tempests of doubtWilliam M. Runyan (Author)3
Thy kingdom come, is the prayer we are taught to prayWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English7
To Thy temple holy Come we now with praiseW. M. R. (Author)English4
Too long in the darkness our pathway has beenWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
'Twas God's own Son who came to earthWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English8
Up from the misty vales they goWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Upon the sea where our good ship sailsW. M. R. (Author)English1
Walking with my blessed Savior here belowWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
We are the treasures of Christ the KingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English6
We cannot hope that every dayWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
We journey, it may be, through tempest and rainWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
We shall lay our burdens byW. M. R. (Author)English1
We sing about heaven, its glory and gleamW. M. R. (Author)English1
We thank Thee for the brawny armWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
What a glorious day for meWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English2
When Jesus first came to my heart to abideWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English4
When, O, when art Thou comingWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English4
When the calls of duty are urging onW. M. R. (Author)English4
When the clouds over hanging have darkened the dayWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Why struggle on unaided when the tide about you flows?W. M. R. (Author)English1
Wonderful it is that Jesus cares for meWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
Word of God, O sacred treasureWilliam M. Runyan (Author)2
Wounded for our transgressionsWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English3
Yonder the promiseWilliam M. Runyan (Author)English1
Youth looking upward and onward todayWm. M. Runyan (Author)English1
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