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, and Chi­ca­go, Il­linois, and at the Brick Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in New York Ci­ty (1911-38). 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

• Erickson, pp. 348-49
• Hughes, p. 488
• Hustad, p. 287

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

1. Central Church
2. Chestnut Hill
3. Confidence
4. Fraternity
5. Republic
6. Soldiers of Christ