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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Display Title: O, bring to us all that in weakness we needFirst Line: Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown coldTune Title: [Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown cold]Author: W. M. R.Date: 1946
Display Title: Come, Spirit, Come!First Line: Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown coldTune Title: [Our light has grown dim and our hearts have grown cold]Author: W. M. R.Date: 1925
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