William Pierson Merrill

MERRILL, William Pierson. b. East Orange, New Jersey, 10 January 1867; d. New York, 19 June 1954. Merrill was educated at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (BA 1887, MA 1890), and Union Theological Seminary in New York City (BD 1890), where he also served as organist. He was bass soloist in the professional quartet at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, and a music consultant for the Presbyterian Hymnal (1895) to which he contributed four tunes. Merrill was pastor of Presbyterian congregations in Philadelphia and Chicago prior to his long distinguished ministry as pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City (1911-38). From the latter pulpit he, along with other New...