RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA
Wayland Webb
alarmed by the sudden outcropping of Neo-Manichean heresies in his diocese, asked Wazo whether they were to be combated by the edge of the secular sword or not. Wazo answered in a somewhat extended written opinion, counseling moderation and leniency. In the matter of his diocesan administration, it is worthy of note that, during the dire famine of the year 1043, Wazo had a supply of grain bought up and judiciously distributed, not only to the utterly destitute, but also to the ‘“ prouder”’ poor. In like manner he tided the peasants over their straits, lest they should be constrained to sell their cattle. Moreover, he gave constant attention to the cathedral school’s affairs. He won warm praise from Anselm; while the epitaph transmitted by a writer of the thirteenth century lavished upon him this lofty tribute, “Sooner doom will crack than another Wazo arise.” Cart Mirsr.
Brsuiocrapuy: Anselm, Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium,
ed. Képke, in MGH, Script., vii (1846), 189-234; H.
Bresslau, Jahrbiicher des deutschen Reichs unter Konrad
II., Leipsic, 1879-84; E. Steindorff, Jahrbiicher des
deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich IIT., 2 vols., ib. 1874-81;
A. Bittner, Wazo und die Schulen von Liittich, Breslau,
1879; U. Chevalier, Répertoire des sources historiques du
moyen dge, bio-bibliographie, p. 2332, Paris, 1887; E.
Voigt, Egberts von Liittich Fecunda ratis, pp. xxix. sqq.,
Halle, 1889; E. Sackur, Die Cluniacenser, ii. 294 sqq., 304
sqq., ib. 1894; KL, xii. 1229-30.
WEAVER, JONATHAN: Bishop of the United Brethren in Christ; b. in Carroll County, O., Feb. 23, 1824; d. at Dayton, O., Feb. 6, 1901. He was educated in common schools and Hagerston Academy, O.; began preaching when twenty-one; was pastor, 1847-52; presiding elder, 1852-57; general agent for Otterbein University, 1857-65; and bishop after 1865, becoming bishop emeritus in 1893. He is recognized as one of the strong figures of his church, and assisted in carrying it through a crisis which threatened disruption. He was the author of Discourses on the Resurrection (Dayton, O., 1871); Ministerial Salary (1873); Divine Providence (1873); The Doctrine of Universal Restoration carefully Examined (1878); Practical Comment on the Confession of Faith of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (1894); Heaven; or, that better Country (1899); and Christian Theology (1900); and edited Christian Doctrine. A comprehensive View of doctrinal and practical Theology, by thirty-seven different Writers (1889).
BrsuiocrapHy: H. A. Thompson, Biography of Jonathan
Weaver, Dayton, 1902.
WEBB, ALLAN BECHER: Church of England; b. at Calcutta Oct. 6, 1839; d. at Salisbury June 12, 1907. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A., 1862; fellow of University College, 1863-67); was ordered deacon in 1863, and ordained priest in 1864; was curate of St. Peter’sin-the-East, Oxford (1863-64); vice-principal of Cuddesdon (1864-67); rector of Avon Dassett, Warwickshire (1867-70); was consecrated bishop of Bloemfontein (1870), and was translated to the diocese of Grahamstown (1883); he was assistant bishop of Moray and Brechin (1898-1900), as well as provost of Inverness Cathedral, and since 1901 has been dean of Salisbury. He has written Presence and Office of the Holy Spirit (London, 1881); Sisterhood Life and Woman’s Work (1883);
The Minister of the True Tabernacle: Thoughts and Suggestions for the Eve of Ordination (1888); The Priesthood of the Laity in the Body of Christ (1889); Life of Service before the Throne (1897); Unveiling of the Eternal Word (1898); With Christ in Paradise (1898).
WEBB, ROBERT ALEXANDER: Presbyterian; b. at Oxford, Miss., Sept. 20, 1856. He was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn. (A.B., 1877), and at the Columbia (S. C.) Theological Seminary (graduated, 1880). . After holding pastorates in his denomination at Bethel, 8. C. (1882-87), Davidson, N. C. (1887-88), and Westminster Church, Charleston, S. C. (1888- 1892), he became professor of systematic theology in Southwestern Presbyterian University (1892), and of apologetics and systematic theology (1908).
WEBB, THOMAS: Methodist pioneer, layman; b. in England about 1724; d. at Portland, England, Dec. 20, 1796. He was a man of wealth and position, and an officer in the British army; he was present at the storming of the French fort of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in 1758, was one of the survivors of Braddock’s defeat in 1755, and was present at the scaling of the Heights of Abraham at Quebec in 1759. He was converted under the preaching of John Wesley at Bristol in 1765, united with the Methodists, and soon after became a local preacher; about 1766 he was in charge of the barracks at Albany, when an attempt was being made to found Methodism in New York; he visited the city, became exceedingly active and acceptable as a preacher, and aided financially and in other ways in securing the site for the John Street Church; visited Philadelphia and organized there a Methodist church, in 1769 contributing to the purchase of St. George’s Church in that city. In the interest of religion and Methodism he visited Long Island, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. In 1772 he went to England in order to secure ministers for the denomination, returning the next year with three men for work in America. On his return to England he settled at Portland, but continued active as an openair preacher, and was also known for his philanthropic efforts in behalf of French prisoners of war and for the soldiers and sailors stationed at Portsmouth. His activities were commended by John Wesley, though Charles had a less favorable opinion of his work.
BisiiograpHy: C, Atmore, Methodist Memorial, Bristol, 1801-02; A. Stevens, Hist. of the Religious Movement . . . Called Methodism, i. 427, iii. 99, New York, 1858-61; idem, Hist. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, vol. iv., passim, ib. 1864; W. B. Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, vii. 5-7, ib. 1861; J. Porter, Comprehensive Hist. of Methodism, pp. 247-250, 261, Cincinnati, 1876; J. M. Buckley, in American Church History Series, v. 103-107 et passim, New York, 1896.
WEBB, WILLIAM WALTER: Protestant Episcopal bishop of Milwaukee; b. at Germantown, Pa., Nov. 20, 1857. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (1877-79), Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (A.B., 1882), and Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn. (graduated, 1885). After being curate of Trinity Church, Middletown (1885-86), and of the Church of the Evangelists, Philadelphia (1886-89), he was rector of St. Hliza-
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