Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken
Daniel, carried away in early years from his native land, followed in Babylon the good practice to which he had been accustomed in Judea, of religious society with his companions in bondage. He, and his three pious friends, by such means increased in wisdom, and became as remarkable for their spiritual health, as they were for their outward appearance, although fed on pulse, while they refused the delicacies of the king's table. Our Saviour had much private fellowship with his peculiar disciples; and they after his death met together for prayer, for praise, and for religious conference. Happy, my brethren, is the man, who finds Christian friends and associates: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend; but wo to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. [Prov 27:17; Eccles 4:10] [Alexander MacLeod]
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