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On the homeward way with the King
Author: William M. Runyan Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: I am on the heavenly highway, With the Savior
On the homeward way with the King
[I am on the heav’nly highway]
Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ethel M. McKee Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34513 12656 17275 Used With Text: On the Homeward Way
[I am on the heav’nly highway]
On the Homeward Way
Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Standard Songs of Evangelism #53 (1946) First Line: I am on the heav’nly highway Refrain First Line: On the homeward way with the King Lyrics: 1 I am on the heav’nly highway,
With the Savior as my guide;
O, ‘tis sweet to feel His presence,
For He’s walking by my side.
Refrain:
On the homeward way with the King,
On the homeward way;
How my heart with joy is singing
On the homeward way.
2 When He speaks temptations leave me,
At His word my sorrows cease;
From the woes of life that grieve me
Jesus gives me sweet release. [Refrain]
3 Hour by hour I know Him near me,
And His praise I gladly sing;
Heav’nly grace and mercy cheer me
On the highway of my King. [Refrain]
4 There is blessing for the journey,
There is grace for ev’ry day;
Turning from all sin and folly
Seek the blessed homeward way! [Refrain] Tune Title: [I am on the heavenly highway]
On the Homeward Way
On the Homeward Way
Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Standard Songs of Evangelism #53 (1926) First Line: I am on the heav’nly highway Refrain First Line: On the homeward way with the King Tune Title: [I am on the heavenly highway]
On the Homeward Way
On the Homeward Way
Author: William M. Runyan Hymnal: Evangelistic Center Songs #28 (1942) First Line: I am on the heav’nly highway Refrain First Line: On the homeward way with the King Languages: English Tune Title: [I am on the heav’nly highway]
On the Homeward Way
William M. Runyan
1870 - 1957 Author of "On the Homeward Way" in Standard Songs of Evangelism 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
William M. Runyan
Ethel M. McKee
Composer of "[I am on the heavenly highway]" in Standard Songs of Evangelism
Ethel M. McKee
