Background
William Merrill was born on January 10, 1867, in Orange, New Jersey, to George and Emily Merrill, both of English descent.
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Education
Union Theological Seminary. Rutgers University.
Career
He was acknowledged during his time as one of the most influential ministers in America. He is probably best remembered as the author of several well-known hymns, including "Rise Up, O Men of God". During his youth, the family moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts, and then back to New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Merrill earned his Bachelor of Arts (1887), Master of Arts (1890), and Doctor of Divinity (1904) from Rutgers.
He also earned a Bachelor of Divinity(1890) from the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New New York Merrill was named the first president on the Church Peace Union, an organization of religious, academic, and political leaders aimed at promoting pacifism.
His 1914 sermon titled "The Making of Peace" was hailed by Andrew Carnegie as "..one of the greatest sermons on peace that he had ever heard." Merrill was offered the presidency of Union Theological Seminary in 1917, but declined. He was elected Moderator of the Presbytery of New York in 1940, a position he held until 1942.
Merrill died June 19, 1954, in New York City, and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx.
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