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).

Bibliography: 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, 18637); 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, S. 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).