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Author: W. M. R. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We journey, it may be, thro' tempest and rain Refrain First Line: For we look for a city which hath foundations Used With Tune: [We journey, it may be, thro' tempest and rain]

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[We journey, it may be, thro' tempest and rain]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: William M. Runyan Incipit: 33456 46654 54456 Used With Text: We Look for a City

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We Look for a City

Author: W. M. R. Hymnal: The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 #327 (1946) First Line: We journey, it may be, thro' tempest and rain Refrain First Line: For we look for a city which hath foundations Languages: English Tune Title: [We journey, it may be, thro' tempest and rain]

We look for a city

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Songs of hope #d252 (1948) First Line: We journey, it may be, through tempest and rain Refrain First Line: For we look for a city which hath foundations

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William M. Runyan

1870 - 1957 Author of "We Look for a City" 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