cious, and airy, and possessed of every desirable convenience; though all our earthly wants are here supplied even to abundance; though we possess health, and strength, and the society of our friends: notwithstanding all these advantages, if we live estranged from Christ, and set up Self as our idol, we must needs be miserable-while, on the other hand, a sense of the divine favour is of itself sufficient to counterbalance the loss of every worldly accommodation and comfort, as was exemplified in the case of Daniel, who found peace even in the lion's den, because his God was with him there."