Wright Prayer Tower

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The lighted cross atop the Wright Prayer Tower at Epworth by the Sea, a Methodist conference and retreat center on St. Simons Island, overlooks the Frederica River and the Marshes of Glynn.

Photograph by Ed Mathews

Wright Prayer Tower

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