"Wallachian "Version. See Roumanian Ver- sion.
"Wallauer, George, a German Reformed minis-
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tor, arrived in America, from luiropc. in the winter of 1771. He was pastor of (lie coni;re,i?atioii at Haliimore from 177-_' until near May, 177t),wlien it is said that he left Baltimore. Some one lias related that during the American Revolution he left his eonjjregation and join- ed the liritish army. See Harbaugh, Fat/ier.^ a/ the Gum. R>/. Church, i\, 399.
Wallbridge, Ehwin Angki,, an English Congre- gational missionary, w.-js lioni April 10, 1813, and died April "27, l.s7ti. JMr. Wallbriiige was for a time con- nected with tlie 15rili>li and Foreign School Society, and. in connection with Mr. Trew, engaged in school work at Jamaica. In 1841 he was invited by the Lon- don Missionary Society to commence their mission sta- tion at Ceorgetown, Dcmerara, and here he labored without interruption till 1874. He was deeply inter- ested in the mission work, and was wonderfully blessed in heralding the Gospel of Christ. See (Lond.) Comj. Ye<tr-hookA»", p. 4-.'0.
Waller, Alvin F., a Methodist itinerant minister and early missionary to Oregon, was born at Abingdon, Luzerne Co., I'a., May 8, 1808. He was the young- est of seven children, his mother dying when he was but five months old. Receiving early religious instruc- tion from his father, a man of earnest piety, he was converted and joined the INIethodist Episcopal Church in 1829, from which time to the end of his busy life he was a devoted Christian. In 1832 he was employed as jiniior preacher on the Lewiston Circuit, Genesee Conference. In 1833 he was married to Miss Elephe White, and the same year entered the Lyma Seminary under the presidency of Kev. Dr. Luckey, where by dil- igent application and steady piety he made more perma- nent the faith which governed his life. He connect- ed himself with the (ieiiesee Conference in 1833, re- maining until 1839, when he joined the Oregon Mis- sion, under the superintendency of Rev. Jason Lee. Af- ter a tedious journey around Cape Horn, he reached Oregon with his family in 1840, and, with scarcely a day's relaxation, worked for his ISIaster up to the time of his death, which occurred in Salem, Oregon, Dec. 2(5, 1872. ISIr. Waller helped to found the Oregon Insti- tute, from which has grown the Willamette University. To his efforts above all others the latter institution owes its existence. He was also the principal agent in establishing the Pacific Christian Advocate. In fact, he was thoroughly identified with all the best interests of Oregon. At his death flags were placed at half-mast over the state buildings, and the whole commonwealth ■was shrouded in mourning. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1873, p. 132; Simpson, Cyclop, qf' Method- ism, s. V.
Waller, Edmund, a Baptist minister, was born in Spottsylvania County, Ya., Jan. 1, 1775. His father and uncle were Baptist ministers, and distinguished foe their zeal for the truth during the times of persecution in Virginia. His hopeful conversion occurred when he was but thirteen years of age. He delayed making a profession of his faith in Christ until he was twenty- three years of age, uniting, in 1798, with the Baptist Church at Bryan's Station, Fayette Co., Ky. In 1802 he was licensed to preach, and ordained May 11, 1805. Following the practice of Baptist ministers in the sec- tion of the comitrj' in which he lived, he had the pas- toral care of two or three churches at the same time. He preached during the last years of his life for two churches — oneat Mount I'leasant.and theotherat (ilenn's Creek — dividing his time Ijetween them. His ministry was a successful one. He is believed to have baptized fif- teen hundred persons, most, if not all, of whom connected themselves with churches under his ])astoral care. He died in 1843. See Baptist Memorial,\\,'2fu. (J.C. S.) Waller, John Lightfoot, LL.D., a Baptist min- ister, was born in Woodford County, Ky., Nov. 23, 1809. His early education was limited, yet he studied pri- vately so diligently as to (jualify himself for teaching
school for several years, until, in 1835, he accepted the editorship of the Baptist Banner, a small semi-monthly sheet published at Shelbyville, Ky., in which occupa- tion he continued to be engaged with great success un- til 1841. In 1840 he was ordained to the Christian ministrv, and, after relinipiishing his editorial position, became general agent of the General Association of Kentucky Baptists, preaching in the inenntimc when- ever he found an oppdrtmiity, sometimes as often as six times a week. In 1843 he succeeded his father, Kev. lC<imund Waller, as pastor of (ilenn's Creek Church. In 1849 he was elected a member of the convention called '•to readopt, amend, or abolish the Constitution of the State." In 1850 he resumed the editorial management of the Banner and Pioneer (now styled the Western R<- corder), and in April, 1852, the Bible Revision Associa- tion having been organized at ^Memphis, Tenn., he was elected president of the association, and held that otHce until his death. He died Oct. 10, 1854. See Sprague, .4 ninds of the A mer. Pulpit, vi, 837.
"Waller, Ralph, an English INIethodist preacher, was born in 1811, and was converted in his youth in the Methodist Society. During the division of 1835 he joined the New Connection, while at New Mills, near Stockport, and iti 183(5 entered their ministry. During twelve years he travelled in nine circuits wiil» marked success. In 1844 he obtained entire sanctitica- tion by faith, and his ministry was ever after more earnest. His voice failed him in 1846, and he became a supernumerary at Shetheld, where he died in triumph, Nov. 17, 1848. See Minutes of the Conference,