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Author: W. M. R. Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Songs of the Great Salvation First Line: How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather Refrain First Line: The Lord is my Shepherd Used With Tune: [How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather]

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[How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: William M. Runyan Hymnal Title: Songs of the Great Salvation Incipit: 55433 21171 32665 Used With Text: My Shepherd

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My Shepherd

Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Songs of hope #d81 (1948) Hymnal Title: Songs of hope First Line: How still are the waters Refrain First Line: The Lord is my Shepherd

My Shepherd

Author: W. M. R. Hymnal: Songs of the Great Salvation #10 (1918) Hymnal Title: Songs of the Great Salvation First Line: How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather Refrain First Line: The Lord is my Shepherd Languages: English Tune Title: [How still are the waters where Jesus doth gather]

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William M. Runyan

1870 - 1957 Person Name: W. M. R. Hymnal Title: Songs of the Great Salvation Author of "My Shepherd" in Songs of the Great Salvation 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