Sarepta Cemetery and more...

Sarepta Methodist Church also has a cemetery on its grounds. I loved the inscription on the tombstone pictured on the top.

MOTHER

NANNIE NOBLE

WIFE OF

ITALY NESMITH

REST MOTHER,

REST IN QUIET SLEEP,

WHILE FRIENDS IN SORROW

O'ER THEE WEEP

Notice anything else interesting about the tombstone? No dates. I don't see that too often.

Two other interesting tombstones in the cemetery are just large rocks placed at the head and foot of the graves. One of the larger headstones is pictured in the second photo. That is so intriguing. I wonder who they were? God knows, I bet.

The other two photos are of a little structure out in the woods along the dead-end road that leads to Sarepta Methodist Church. It is made of notched logs. No nails were used in its construction as far as I could see, except to put on the hinges. You just don't see this too much anymore. Mother Nature will soon reclaim these trees as her own once again.

Bear with me! We'll make it to the waterfall tomorrow!

Sarepta Methodist Church

I went exploring in Claiborne County again this past weekend looking for another waterfall, this one on the Little Bayou Pierre. But first I detoured to the Sarepta Methodist Church, a beautiful little country church. This present building dates from about 1850 and is the last of five structures to house the church body. It was originally built for the Pisgah congregation, located near Hermanville, but was moved to the Sarepta site sometimes after WWI when Pisgash ceased to exist. In the 1800s, the building also served as a community school. 

Don't try to find the Sarepta community in Claiborne County on any present-day map. Because it no longer exists, just like Pisgah. You can google Sarepta and Claiborne County to find out a few more details about the church. All I know is that it was quiet and peaceful inside this little sanctuary.

I am beginning to see a trend here. Little country churches are simple structures, opening their doors to one and all who venture by. Their message is one of come on in and find God. Modern churches nowadays have too much invested in their fancy sound systems and lighting and computers to allow the doors to stay open 24/7. It's something to think about.

Come back each day this week. I will eventually make it to that waterfall and it is a wonderful place!