The Washington times., 1902-07-14
Miss Sadie B Harbaugh
Writes of Her
l. sborS.
WENT FROM WASHINGTON
In Letter to Her Father She Gives De-
tailed Account of Her Travels and
Work in the Foreign Mission Field
Blessed With Results.

Miss Sadie B. Harbaugh, daughter of
Mr.. George W. Harbaugh of this city.
who is a missionary at Songdo, Korea
has written very interesting letter to
her father. giving an account of her
work. Miss Harbaugh is a member of
the Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church
South, in this city, and left for her work
among the heathens year ago last Feb
ruary. She is graduate of the Bible
and Training School OF Kansas City, Mo.
The letter is in part as follows:
'songdo, Korea, May s, 1902
Il expect it is about time | was writ
ing you another letter. l wrote you d
hurried scribble Just after my return
from the country, and expected to write
you again in few days, telling you of
my trip into the country. and the news
generally, but we have been in such
rush for the last week or so that l have
not found a convenient opportunity.
There is a very high mountain less
than a mile back of our house. l have
often wished that might get the view
llOlI bHt Twp VI II, DuI nave iDl
to make the climb. Day before yester-
day we all went to the very highest
point, and, oh. 1t was magnificent. l
never saw such n lovely panorama in
my life. 1t was sublime. But even here
was the trail OF the serpent.
Devil Worshipers
"SoDr1o hoe tho rap,,ta.iop ~ b,ir~
more given up to devil worship than any
other city in Korea, and on almost every
peak of this mountain there is built a
devil worship house, one of them being
the largest l have yet seen. These
houses are kept by women. and the devil
worship rites are performed by women.
These women are called 'moutangs.' /
asked one of them what the large house
was and she said:
1T is where the people came and
bowed down and bring a great deal Of
money
II asked her. To whom do they bow
down? Did they bow down to God?' and
she answered:
No: the devil
'Is 1t not horrible? II one did not
know better, one would be almost tempt
ed to say that salvation was beyond the
range of things possible to the man or
woman who has sunken so low as to
openly and confessedly worship tho
devil. But 1t is being proven every day
in Korea that however low the man Is
the arm OF the Lord is not shortened
that he can save. l had some very in
teresting experiences On the last of thesa
trips, not the least OF them being the
conversion of two of these 'moutangs.
My first stopping place was the ut
most northern point OF our wor,. and
1t took me two days to make the trip. |
/ had not ridden horse before since l /
was 4 child. and | expected to have a
pretty hard time Of 1t. At the end OF
the first day turned into the wretched |
little wayside inn with a sick headache |
but the second day was not so bad, and
on the whole l got along a great deal |
better than | expected. and before got |
back to Songdo again a days journey |
through the mountains had become |
real pleasure. | had sent my two Bible |
women a couple of days ahead OF me, |
and when | reached Nam -chun. my first
stopping place. on the Saturday before
Ea ster Sunday. | found them both there
awaiting me.
Fear of Foreigners.
while Nam-chun is on what is call
cd the Big Roao. and foreign women
have from time to time passed through
there, no foreign woman has ever stop
ped. and the women of the place were
Tor the most part afraid of me. Some
Of them were simply frightened out of
heir wits Sometimes IT was perfectly
udlcrous Ono day big. strong. hand
some young woman came into the chapel
with her baby strapped on her back
y as alone at the time. and she stood
With great wide eyes and ga2ed. Final
y she gave one scared look at me. one
1t the door, and then she boited. | ven
ure to say she never had gotten such
move on her before. But she cane