William Pierson Merrill

Born: January 10, 1867, Orange, New Jersey.

Died:  June 19, 1954, New York City.

Buried:  Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

    Merrill was a graduate of Rutgers College (BA 1887, MA 1890) and Union Theological Seminary (BD 1890). He pastored at Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City (1911-1938). His works include:

• Footings for Faith, 1915
• Christian Internationalism, 1919
• The Common Creed of Christians, 1920
• The Freedom of the Preacher, 1922
• Liberal Christianity, 1925
• Prophets of the Dawn, 1927
• The Religious Value of Hymns (New York: The Hymn Society, 1931)
• The Way, 1933
• We See Jesus, 1934

Hymns

1. Lord, What a Change Within Us
2. Not Alone for Mighty Empire
3. Rise Up, O Men of God
4. We Knelt Before Kings

Music

1. Central Church
2. Confidence
3. Soldiers of Christ