in a measure of comfort?); compromise with the riches of this world instead of commitment to what John Newton’s hymn calls “solid joys and lasting treasures” that “none but Zion’s children know”; confusion about our real identity and purpose in life. Yes, too many of us would have found quite excellent reasons for compromise in Nebuchadnezzar’s court. After all, “How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” A PURPOSE FIRM 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself