- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- A Mission By the Sea historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Glynn County
Church buildings--Georgia--St. Simons Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, 31.21324, -81.4937
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Epworth By The Sea Methodist Retreat on St. Simons Island
Text of marker: "A MISSION BY THE SEA. In 1949, the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church purchased 43.53 acres of the Hamilton Plantation from the Sea Island Company for a Christian conference center. They named "Epworth" after the Wesleys' English Village home. "By The Sea" suggests the pines and palms running in rows with the Atlantic ocean only a short distance away. Opening day, July 25, 1950, brought 800 Methodists to the banks of the Frederica River, where Bishop Arthur J. Moore preached under the moss draped live oaks (Quercus Virginiana) in the tradition of John and Charles Wesley. In 1962, Epworth By The Sea was designated an official Methodist shrine. Across the river lie the marshes of Glynn made famous by Georgia poet Sydney Lanier. YOUNG AND OLD TARRY AMID THESE SACRED SURROUNDINGS AND GO FORTH TO FACE THE MORNING." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_a-mission-by-the-sea
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_a-mission-by-the-sea
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
