Sentence:  A Christian may be <WSD>happier</WSD> in low circumstances, than in high ones. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> without rich friends, than with them. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> in loneliness, than in a crowd of flatterers. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> under reproach, than when riding on the spring-tide of popularity. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> with hard work, than in a life of ease. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> with coarse and scanty food, than with tables of luxury. He may be <WSD>happier</WSD> in sickness and persecution, than in health and quietness. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).