Thy Never-Failing Friend

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Though the way seem long, the burden hard to bear

Author: William M. Runyan
Tune: [Though the way seem long, the burden hard to bear]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: William M. Runyan

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 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Though the way seem long, the burden hard to bear
Title:	Thy Never-Failing Friend
Author:	William M. Runyan
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O He will give thee courage on thy pilgrim way
Publication Date:	1930
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1930.