| "Rest is not quitting The busy career. Rest is the filling Of self for one's sphere. 'Tis the brook's motion, Clear without strife. Fleeting to ocean After this life. 'Tis loving and serving The highest and best; 'Tis onward, unserving; And this is true rest." | |
| Your friend. | |
| Nella H. Field. | |
| The "Manse" Dec. 19. 1882. |