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.
Bert Polman
Tunes by William M. Runyan (94) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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PENLAN | William M. Runyan (Arranger) | 1 | 35432 17123 54335 |
[I love Thy kingdom, Lord] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51111 11233 33334 |
[O church of Jesus, thy true sons honor thee] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 32356 55671 21122 |
[Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 35671 76544 73255 |
[Sang the angels long ago] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 32156 11554 32123 |
[Why struggle on unaided when the tide about you flows?] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 35545 11556 61655 |
[O land where it is always spring] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55356 16765 67267 |
[All will be over, every grief and sorrow] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 17563 56712 62123 |
[Just a little while ere the last long mile] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55135 31615 12365 |
[The peace that like a river flows] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51656 13434 53216 |
[There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56535 61765 57727 |
[All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51233 32151 35435 |
[So long have God's servants been calling] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[My substitute, the Sinless One] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 33451 76765 6523 |
[It is not far to the place of pardon] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 13333 21565 43332 |
[How often do I wonder] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[Far from the fold of God] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56117 71766 75611 |
[We journey, it may be, through tempest and rain] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 33456 46654 54456 |
[Proclaim the glad tidings to earth's farthest nations] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53213 21432 43253 |
[Fear not, O little flock] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[When I can read my title clear] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51131 72134 51712 |
[O, there's many a thorn on the Jesus way] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 12333 32331 34443 |
[Afar over the harvest field we roam] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51117 63555 11176 |
[Into the garden where shadows were creeping] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55555 55555 51111 |
[I marvel, O, I marvel so] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 13323 44446 65443 |
[Revive Thy work, O Lord] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53216 55671 26751 |
[I can see it in my dreaming] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 33356 43133 44113 |
[In the glory that shone from the cross one day] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 34544 51765 62176 |
[As night that flees from the morning sun] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53216 17655 43212 |
[Long time I wandered, wandered from Jesus] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 17176 57654 35126 |
[We cannot hope that every day] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[From the hills of far Judea, from the shores of Galilee] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 34551 65334 53565 |
[Love not the world, O Christian] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55671 33556 71444 |
[Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[Like a life line flung over the raging sea] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 34517 65665 12345 |
[The day was long until I met my Savior] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56356 72167 77167 |
[Called by the grace that Thy love doth extend] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56717 67765 71243 |
[We sing about heaven, its glory and gleam] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51765 34546 55764 |
[Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 35176 54353 47121 |
[He's helping me now, this moment] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53343 72111 17217 |
[Soul of mine, in earthly temple] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
ST. HANNAH | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[Upon the sea where our good ship sails] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55665 55172 34776 |
[O, there is a way, and it is the sure way] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is a wondrous city, beautiful, bright and fair] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55554 35776 52351 |
[How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55433 21171 32665 |
[Since Jesus came, my night is turned to day] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53456 72167 76732 |
[Prayer is the breath of the soul’s deep life] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[Though in life's stress thy heart aweary be] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55554 32123 44433 |
[Quicken, Lord, Thy Church and me] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 34513 21345 13217 |
[I come to the tomb where they laid Him] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[Only a little while for the love's sweet service] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56554 32321 33456 |
[When the clouds over hanging have darkened the day] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53721 76176 77217 |
[Christ is from the grave ascended] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 56544 54355 66712 |
[We thank Thee for the brawny arm] | William M. Runyan, 1870- (Composer) | 2 | 13333 54321 12231 |
[There is a fold where all secure they lie] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 17665 66143 54331 |
[The gospel of the grace of God] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[In the midst of the heavenly home land] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51323 21561 72343 |
[Too long in the darkness our pathway has been] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 51111 71212 77222 |
[In the fold were the ninety and nine] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[He has it all! The struggle past] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55651 72155 65321 |
[My life is hid with Christ in God] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 55332 21716 64433 |
[I am yielding all to Thee] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 32176 65171 25332 |
[The Christ who walked in Galilee] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | 53333 44443 32235 |
[Behold, what love, what boundless love] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 2 | |
[In childhood's morn of brimming glee] | W. M. R. (Composer) | 2 | |
[When the storms of life are raging] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 13532 34316 65223 |
[From the sins that scar and the things that mar] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 12355 65321 33225 |
[Some say it is a fable and that Jesus never came] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 53334 55556 17215 |
[Forward still! With face full forward] | William M. Runyan, 1870- (Composer) | 3 | 31432 32176 53212 |
[Not what these hands have done] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 53171 21353 23435 |
[Service is our watchword] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 31721 54321 72275 |
RUNYAN | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 55617 61755 26715 |
[Let us worship the Lord in spirit and in truth] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 33554 33343 21551 |
[They tell me there is one who knows my need] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 33455 45645 11233 |
[O Christian friend, do not despair] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 54353 42112 14412 |
[Souls are all about us] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 35312 67432 53531 |
[Word of God, O sacred treasure] | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 33717 55153 12617 |
[Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown cold] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 53332 12321 55432 |
[My God, and Father, while I stray] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 3 | 53217 67165 17127 |
[When the calls of duty are urging on] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 4 | 34456 51177 23457 |
[O Spirit, come, dispel each cloud of sadness] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 4 | 35555 66123 16111 |
[Peace, Peace; God's Wonderful Peace] | William M. Runyan, 1870-1957 (Composer) | 4 | 32355 24433 11157 |
[From Olive's hill, the multitude upgazing] | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 5 | 55112 32156 66234 |
[Though foes assail us on the field] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 5 | 55616 17712 76765 |
PROCESSIONAL | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 5 | 55433 26523 43554 |
[All that my soul in its sin can need] | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 5 | 56717 67755 67327 |
["Thy kingdom come" is the prayer we are taught to pray] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 6 | 32133 45653 23 |
[Just as you are there's a welcome for you] | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 7 | 34465 11764 45676 |
[Teach me Thy will, O Lord] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 9 | 54332 12343 54332 |
[God hath not promised skies always blue] (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 11 | 31233 44433 21724 |
[From Heaven above, in His infinite love] | William Marion Runyan (Composer) | 12 | 33333 34565 33444 |
SANCTUARY (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 15 | 32116 74443 54332 |
FAITHFULNESS (Runyan) | William M. Runyan (Composer) | 149 | 33332 24444 36765 |