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William M. Runyan › Tunes

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.

Bert Polman


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by William M. Runyan (94)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Afar over the harvest field we roam]William M. Runyan (Composer)251117 63555 11176
[All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)251233 32151 35435
[All that my soul in its sin can need]William Marion Runyan (Composer)556717 67755 67327
[All will be over, every grief and sorrow]William M. Runyan (Composer)217563 56712 62123
[As night that flees from the morning sun]William M. Runyan (Composer)253216 17655 43212
[Behold, what love, what boundless love] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[Called by the grace that Thy love doth extend]William M. Runyan (Composer)256717 67765 71243
[Christ is from the grave ascended]William M. Runyan (Composer)256544 54355 66712
[Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)235671 76544 73255
FAITHFULNESS (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)16333332 24444 36765
[Far from the fold of God]William M. Runyan (Composer)256117 71766 75611
[Fear not, O little flock]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[Forward still! With face full forward]William M. Runyan, 1870- (Composer)331432 32176 53212
[From Heaven above, in His infinite love]William Marion Runyan (Composer)1333333 34565 33444
[From Olive's hill, the multitude upgazing]William Marion Runyan (Composer)555112 32156 66234
[From the hills of far Judea, from the shores of Galilee]William M. Runyan (Composer)234551 65334 53565
[From the sins that scar and the things that mar]William M. Runyan (Composer)312355 65321 33225
[God hath not promised skies always blue] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)1131233 44433 21724
[Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[He has it all! The struggle past]William M. Runyan (Composer)255651 72155 65321
[He's helping me now, this moment]William M. Runyan (Composer)253343 72111 17217
[How often do I wonder]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather]William M. Runyan (Composer)255433 21171 32665
[I am yielding all to Thee]William M. Runyan (Composer)232176 65171 25332
[I can see it in my dreaming]William M. Runyan (Composer)233356 43133 44113
[I come to the tomb where they laid Him]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[I love Thy kingdom, Lord] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)251111 11233 33334
[I marvel, O, I marvel so]William M. Runyan (Composer)213323 44446 65443
[In childhood's morn of brimming glee]W. M. R. (Composer)2
[In the fold were the ninety and nine]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[In the glory that shone from the cross one day]William M. Runyan (Composer)234544 51765 62176
[In the midst of the heavenly home land]William M. Runyan (Composer)251323 21561 72343
[Into the garden where shadows were creeping]William M. Runyan (Composer)255555 55555 51111
[It is not far to the place of pardon]William M. Runyan (Composer)213333 21565 43332
[Just a little while ere the last long mile]William M. Runyan (Composer)255135 31615 12365
[Just as you are there's a welcome for you]William M. Runyan (Composer)734465 11764 45676
[Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)235176 54353 47121
[Let us worship the Lord in spirit and in truth]William M. Runyan (Composer)333554 33343 21551
[Like a life line flung over the raging sea]William M. Runyan (Composer)234517 65665 12345
[Long time I wandered, wandered from Jesus]William M. Runyan (Composer)217176 57654 35126
SANCTUARY (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)1632116 74443 54332
[Love not the world, O Christian]William M. Runyan (Composer)255671 33556 71444
[My God, and Father, while I stray] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)353217 67165 17127
[My life is hid with Christ in God] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)255332 21716 64433
[My substitute, the Sinless One]William M. Runyan (Composer)233451 76765 6523
[Not what these hands have done] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)353171 21353 23435
[O Christian friend, do not despair]William M. Runyan (Composer)354353 42112 14412
[O church of Jesus, thy true sons honor thee]William M. Runyan (Composer)232356 55671 21122
[O land where it is always spring]William M. Runyan (Composer)255356 16765 67267
[O Spirit, come, dispel each cloud of sadness] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)435555 66123 16111
[O, there is a way, and it is the sure way]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[O, there's many a thorn on the Jesus way]William M. Runyan (Composer)212333 32331 34443
[Only a little while for the love's sweet service]William M. Runyan (Composer)256554 32321 33456
[Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown cold]William M. Runyan (Composer)353332 12321 55432
[Peace, Peace; God's Wonderful Peace]William M. Runyan, 1870-1957 (Composer)432355 24433 11157
PENLANWilliam M. Runyan (Arranger)135432 17123 54335
[Prayer is the breath of the soul’s deep life]William M. Runyan (Composer)3
PROCESSIONALWilliam Marion Runyan (Composer)555433 26523 43554
[Proclaim the glad tidings to earth's farthest nations]William M. Runyan (Composer)253213 21432 43253
[Quicken, Lord, Thy Church and me]William M. Runyan (Composer)234513 21345 13217
[Revive Thy work, O Lord] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)253216 55671 26751
RUNYANWilliam Marion Runyan (Composer)355617 61755 26715
[Sang the angels long ago]William M. Runyan (Composer)232156 11554 32123
[Service is our watchword] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)331721 54321 72275
[Since Jesus came, my night is turned to day]William M. Runyan (Composer)253456 72167 76732
[So long have God's servants been calling]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[Some say it is a fable and that Jesus never came]William M. Runyan (Composer)353334 55556 17215
[Soul of mine, in earthly temple] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[Souls are all about us]William M. Runyan (Composer)335312 67432 53531
ST. HANNAHWilliam M. Runyan (Composer)2
[Teach me Thy will, O Lord] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)1054332 12343 54332
[The Christ who walked in Galilee]William M. Runyan (Composer)253333 44443 32235
[The day was long until I met my Savior]William M. Runyan (Composer)256356 72167 77167
[The gospel of the grace of God]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[The peace that like a river flows]William M. Runyan (Composer)251656 13434 53216
[There is a fold where all secure they lie]William M. Runyan (Composer)217665 66143 54331
[There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)256535 61765 57727
[There is a wondrous city, beautiful, bright and fair]William M. Runyan (Composer)255554 35776 52351
[They tell me there is one who knows my need]William M. Runyan (Composer)333455 45645 11233
[Though foes assail us on the field]William M. Runyan (Composer)555616 17712 76765
[Though in life's stress thy heart aweary be]William M. Runyan (Composer)255554 32123 44433
["Thy kingdom come" is the prayer we are taught to pray]William M. Runyan (Composer)632133 45653 23
[Too long in the darkness our pathway has been]William M. Runyan (Composer)251111 71212 77222
[Upon the sea where our good ship sails]William M. Runyan (Composer)255665 55172 34776
[We cannot hope that every day]William M. Runyan (Composer)2
[We journey, it may be, through tempest and rain]William M. Runyan (Composer)233456 46654 54456
[We sing about heaven, its glory and gleam]William M. Runyan (Composer)251765 34546 55764
[We thank Thee for the brawny arm]William M. Runyan, 1870- (Composer)213333 54321 12231
[When I can read my title clear] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)251131 72134 51712
[When the calls of duty are urging on]William M. Runyan (Composer)434456 51177 23457
[When the clouds over hanging have darkened the day]William M. Runyan (Composer)253721 76176 77217
[When the storms of life are raging] (Runyan)William M. Runyan (Composer)313532 34316 65223
[Why struggle on unaided when the tide about you flows?]William M. Runyan (Composer)235545 11556 61655
[Word of God, O sacred treasure]William Marion Runyan (Composer)333717 55153 12617
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