Great men who have blessed the world, and good and noble women who have helped to uplift humanity, have done it through service.

It is just as honorable to bake well, and cook well, and to do the humblest daily tasks efficiently, as it is to play well on the piano and talk fluently about the latest books." At the conclusion of the Professor's little talk on the dignity of labor, a new light shone in Sibylla's eyes and a new thought gripped her soul.

The spirit of "doulos" had displaced her antipathy toward the word servant.
"I'll take that butter over to the Professer's home right away," she said, to herself.
Before leaving Sibylla, the Professor quoted from the "Toiling of Felix," by Henry Vandyke: "Hewing wood and drawing water, splitting stones and cleaving sod, All the dusty ranks of labour, in the regiment of God, March together toward His triumph, do the task His hands prepare; Honest toil is holy service, faithful work is praise and prayer." They who work without complaining, do the holy will of God.
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of earth is toil.
Sibylla Linsabigler was a healthy, large-boned, solidly-built, typical "Pennsylvania German" girl.

Her clear, pinkish complexion looked as if freshly scrubbed with soap and water.

A few large, brown freckles adorned the bridge of her rather broad, flat nose.