Polybius, vi,39). It was perhaps the traditional remem- brance of this sum as a day's wages that suggested the mention of "drachmas wnnig from the hard hands of peasants" (Shakspeare, Jul. Cces. iv, 3). In earlier times it is [irobable that the rate was lower, as imtil lately it was throughout India. In Scotland w'e know that in the last century a laborer's daily wages did not exceed sixpence (Smiles, Aires (;/"y:.'/*//««ef?-*-, ii, 96). But it is likely tliat laborers, and also soldiers, were supjilied with |)rovi>ions (Michaelis, Laws o/' J/oay,< [ed. Smith J, § 130, ii, 190), as is intimated by the word oxj/wvia. used in Luke iii, 14, and 1 Cor. ix, 7, and also by Polybius, vi, 39. The Mishna (Buba Metsiii, vi, 1, 5) speaks of vict- uals being allowed, or not, according to the custom of the place, up to the value of a denarius, i. e. inclusive of the pay.
The law was very strict in requiring daily payment of wages (Lev. xix, 13; Dent, xxiv, 14,15); and the IMishna applies the same rule to the use of animals (Baba Metsia, ix, 12). The emploj-er who refused to give his laborers sufficient victuals is censured (Job xxiv, 11), and the iniquity of withholding wages is denounced (Jer. xxii, 13 ; Mai. iii, 5 ; James v, 4). — Smith, See Servant.
"Wagg, John D., a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, South, was born in Jefferson, N. C, July 8, 1835. He embraced religion in early life, and united with the Holston (E. Teini.) Conference in 1858. In 1865 he was granted a superannuated relation, and died June 13, 1866. Mr. Wagg possessed more than ordina- ry preaching abilities, and for meekness and piety wa.s worthy of imitation. See Minutes of Annual Confer- enccs (ifthe M. E. Church, South, 1866, p. 63.
"Waggoner, Samuel, a Methodist Episcopal minis- ter, was born in Stokes County, N. C, Oct. 24, 1788. He was converted in 1808, joined the Virginia Conference in 1811, and was appointed to Salisbury Circuit. He was ordained deacon in 1813, elder in 1815, and died Ajjril 13, 181(i. Mr. Waggoner was laborious, intellect- ual, and faithful. See Minutes of A nnual Conferences, 1817, p. 291.
"Wagl, Fhiedrich, a Roman Catholic theologian of Austria, was born in 1807 at Horn. In 1831 he was made a priest; in 1835, doctor of theology; in 1838, ])rofessor of exegesis at Griitz; and died Sept. 10, 1871, at Potzleinsdorf, near Vienna. He published, Der Priester und die Neuzeit (Griitz, 1850) : — Der Belie/ions- miterricht an der Volksschule (ibid. eod.). See Literar- ischer llandweiser, 1866, p. 153 ; 1871, p. 525. (B. P.)
"Wagner, Daniel, a German Reformed minister, was b(irn in the duchy of Nassau in 1750, and brought to this coiuitry by his parents when only two years of age. He studied the classics under iiev. John D. Gross, of New York city, and theology luuier Rev. William Hendel, of Lancaster, Pa. He was licensed by the Ger- man Cfjetus in 1771 ; preached at Kreutz Creek, Pa., 1771-74; York and other places, 1774-86; Tulpehocken, Heidelberg, Bern, Berg, Smnmerberg, 1786-93; York, 1793-1802; and Frederick, M<i., 1802-10, where he died, in 1810. See Harbaugh, Lices of Fathers of the Germ, Ref. Church, ii, 229 sq.
Wagner, Friedrich, a Protestant minister of (Jermany, was born .(an, 21, 1693, at Caro, not far froth Magdeburg. He studied theology and philosophy at Halle from 1712 to 1716. In the latter year he was ap- pointed teacher there, and entertained the hope of being sent as a missionary to East India; but in 1719 he was called to Berlin, where he remained two years, when ho went to Nauen as pastor primarius. A few years later he wont to Stargard as provost and ]iastor of St. Mary's, at the same time occupying the chair of theology and Hebrew literature at the gymnasium there. In the year 1736 he was called to Hamburg, where he died, •lidy 6, 1760, having received two years previously the degree of doctor of divinitv from the Jena Universit\-.
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His writinp^s are given in Dciring, Die rjMiHen Theolo- gen DeutschhuuU, iv, 612 sq. (B. P.)
"Wagner, Henry, a German Heformcd minister, was born in IV'rks County, Pa., April o, 1802. He united with tlio Church at Aaronsbnrg, Pa., when about nineteen years of age; entered tlie Theological Seminary at Carlisle, Pa., in the spring of 1825, and remained about three years ; began preaching in the Paradise charge in 1828, and was ordained by the synod in the autumn of the same year; labored extensively in this charge for several j'ears, preaching to eight of more congregations; became pastor of the Lebanon charge, composed of Lebanon, Hill Church, Jonestown, Ann- ville, and Campbellstown, in 1835; accepted a call from McConnellsburg charge, Fulton County, Pa., in 1851 ; preached at Mercersbiirg from 1853 to 1856; began his pastorate at Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., in the spring of 1856; resigned his pastoral charge, and relinquished the active duties of the ministry in 1865; and died at Lebanon, Pa., jMay 25, 1869. " As a theologian and as a preacher he stood high among his brethren. His sermons were always well prepared, and replete with sound doctrine and evangelical truth. As a pastor he was faithful and active ; as a catechist he was thorough and earnest; as a father in the miuistrj'^ he possessed the affections and regard of all. His labors in building up the Church were arduous and successful. His min- istry has left a sweet savor, and will long be held in grateful remembrance." See \\\.vcha.n'^\\, Fathers of the Germ. Ref. Church, iv, 224 sq.