Runyanは1915年にさいしょのゴスペル・ソングを書き、メソジスト聖書学校のDaniel Townerの激励を受ける。1924年にRunyanはアーカンソー州シロア無・スプリングスにあるジョン・ブラウン大学に進み、連合教会牧師となり、「クリスチャン・ワーカーズ・マガジン」の編集者となる。イリノイ州シカゴに移り、ムーディー聖書学校に加わり、1948年に引退するまでホープ出版社の編集者となる。1948年にイリノイ州にあるホィートン大学から名誉法学博士号を受ける。彼の著作には以下のようなものがある。 Songs of the Great Salvation, with Daniel Towner (Wichita, Kansas: Runyan Music Publishing Company, 1918) Revival Praises, with Arthur McKee (Chicago, Illinois: Runyan Music Publishing Company, 1925)
作品を含む出版物: Erickson, p. 381 Findagrave, accessed 10 Feb 2018 Hustad, p. 311 Wikipedia, accessed 13 Dec 2016 Young, p. 823
作詞作品: After the Toil and the Burden Again He'll Come All Will Be Over, Every Grief and Sorrow Angels Sang at the Savior's Birth, The As a Shepherd Good and True As Night That Flees from the Morning Sun Before the March of Christ the Mighty Called by the Grace That Thy Love Christ Is from the Grave Ascended Come, Blessed Lord! Dearer to Me Every Day Far from the Fold of God For the Mercy Jesus Will Bestow Forgiven Greatly, Lord, Am I Forward Still, with Face Full Forward From the Hills of Far Judea From the Sins That Scar Gates Will Open Wide, the God Will Not Forget Me Hail, Blest Redeemer Hail, King of Glory Have You Heard of That Wonderful Story? He Cannot Reject Me He Has It All, the Struggle Past He Loves, He Saves, He Keeps How Still Are the Waters I Am on the Heavenly Highway I Am Sure of a Home in Heaven I Am Yielding All to Thee I Can See in Visions Fair I Cannot Understand How God Could Love Me I Have Jesus in My Heart I Marvel, O, I Marvel So I Ne'er Have Known So True a Friend as Jesus I Sing of a Savior I Will Do What I Can for My Savior Today If We Brightly Shine In Childhood's Morn of Grimming Glee In the Hollow of His Hand In the Midst of the Heavenly Home Land In the Way Our Fathers Trod Into the Garden Where Shadows Were Creeping It Was Night Within My Soul When Jesus Jesus Jesus, Name I Love Jesus Will Keep Me by Power Divine Just a Little While ere the Last Long Mile Just as You Are There's a Welcome for You King's Treasures, The Like a Life Line Flung Over the Raging Sea Like a Strain of Sweetest Music Like as a Mother Comforteth Live for Others While on Earth You Live Long Time I Wandered Lord, I Have Shut the Door Loud from the Mountaintop Love Not the World, O Christian Many Are Waiting in Darkness and Sin Memory Lingers in My Heart, The Memory Whispers to Me Now More Precious to Me Near, Near to Thee, Help Us to Live O Tell Me More of Jesus' Love O the Joy That Here We May Walk with Jesus Old-Time Blessings On the Homeward Way Only a Little While Our God Hath Given Promise Our Light Has Grown Dim Our Lives Are Read by Those Who Look Peace That Like a River Flows, The Praise His Holy Name! Prayer Is the Breath of the Soul's Deep Life Proclaim the Glad Tidings Revive Thy Work, O Lord Sang the Angels Long Ago Savior for Me, The Since Jesus Bore My Weight of Sorrow Since Jesus Came, My Night Is Turned to Day Soldiers of Jesus, Clad in God's Bright Armor Some Say It Is a Fable Songs of the World May Be Many, The Souls Are All About Us, Knowing Not the Lord Sweet Morning Comes with Light and Dew Tell It All to Jesus When the Day Goes Wrong There Is a Fold Where All Secure They Tell Me There Is One Who Knows My Need They Were in the Place of Waiting Though Foes Assail Us on the Field Though in Life's Stress Thy Heart Aweary Be Though My Way Be Swept with Storm Through Ages Long Swept by the Tempests of Doubt Thy Kingdom Come, Is the Prayer We Are Taught to Pray To Thy Temple Holy Too Long in the Darkness 'Twas God's Own Son Who Came to Earth Up from the Misty Vales They Go Upon the Sea Where Our Good Ship Sails Voice of God Is Calling Me, The Walking with My Blessed Savior Here Below We Are Treasures of Christ We Journey, It May Be, Through Tempest and Rain We Sing About Heaven We Thank Thee for the Brawny Arm What a Glorious Day for Me When Jesus First Came to My Heart to Abide When, O When Art Thou Coming? When the Calls of Duty Are Urging On When the Clouds Over Hanging Have Darkened the Day Word of God Wounded for Our Transgressions
作曲作品: Gates Will Open Wide, the Faithfulness What God Hath Promised O Spirit, Come Processional Runyan Sanctuary
