Songdo, Korea,
September 9, 1935•
Dear father:
At noon today I arrived in Songdo, after a week In the
Yellow Sea Province about twenty-five miles west of here* ^fhen I
wrote suggesting it would be time to begin addressing me at Songdo,
I thought I was about a week late with my suggestion, but as I am
about a week later coming than I expected, it worked out exactly right
Your letter of August 9 was here waiting for me.  I enjoyed reading it
very much, as well as the letters Ifrom Aunt Lizzie and Dr. Rawlings
which were enclosed.     -i S
When I arrived at Red Pass station la3t Tuesday, someone
met me right at the train and told me to get back on and *o two stations
farther, handing me a note from the pastor to the same effect.  The paster
had gone on and opened the meeting the night before.  So I bought another
ticket to the station designated and went on. At that place, just as I
was inquiring how to get to the village where the meeting was', Yi moksa
came riding up on his bicycle.  It was nearly a three miles' walk from
there through soie of the most beautiful rice fields I have ever seen.
v       - From the station the road took us south almost to the sea
coast, or rather the mouth of the Han river where the tides wash in and
out.  It is at the bend of the coast line where the Yellow Sea Province
begins to Jut out toward thelwest. Numerous peaks of islands deceive
one, so that the nearness of the sea would not be suspected until almost
at it.  As we walked along I wondered, from my general knowledge of
geography, if we were not close to the sea; but seeing higji ranges hemming
us in all about, I concluded we were farther than I thought, and asked
no questions. But at ''Doctrine Village" (where our meeting was), Yi moksa
pointed out the masts of ships appearing out ahead apparently among the
tlce  fields. I I
One of the high peaks appearing to the south is the site of
the four-thousand year old altar built by the half mythical Tangun, king
of Korea -*ho came down from heaven and ascended again after giving the
people civilization. Also on this same spot in 1917 or thereabouts while
several Christians were praying, one is said to have prayed that the
mountain would be shaken, whereupon a roaring sound which was heard for
miles about and a severe trembling occurred, and in six surrounding
churches miraculous events took place.
This coastal plain until last year was of little value
because of scarce water supply.  Ground worth then three to six sen a
pyung (6 ft. sq.) now can hardly be bought for 50 or 60 sen because of
water from an irrigating: system.  The rice is tail and thick and laden
with heads almost filled out.  There will be a marvellous crop t#ere this
fall.  Ships take the grain out to Chemulpo.  I suppose one reason the
rice looks so well is that the ground has not been heavily cropped before.
So manv came out to the first meeting that from Tuesday night
we got the loan of'the town hall, and each night about two hundred listened
for an hour to No moksa's sermon. No moksa is pastor of our Songdo East
Gate church.  I led the 5:30 prayer meeting each morning and taught a
Bible class for two hours one day. About twenty said they wanted to
believe. We closed with the morning prayer meeting Friday.  From there