Merrill worked with J. Wyley Sessions .
Merrill helped develop the basic goals of the institute program , which he felt should be designed to help students reconcile the secular learning of university with the spiritual truths of the church .
Working with J. Wyley Sessions , Merrill helped develop the basic goals of the institute program , which he felt should be designed to help students reconcile the secular learning of university with the spiritual truths of the church .