Introduction

Biography

William was the son of George Mer­rill and Em­i­ly Dodge Ab­bot.

He stu­died at Rut­gers Col­lege, New Bruns­wick, New Jer­sey (BA 1887, MA 1890, DD 1904), and Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty (BD 1890).

He pas­tored at Pres­by­te­ri­an church­es in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and at the Brick Pres­by­te­ri­an Church in New York Ci­ty (1911–38).

Works

• 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