14. Bread for food also failed Elijah, that holy man, had he sought for it; but it seemed not to fail him because he sought it not. Thus by the daily service of the ravens bread was brought to him in the morning, meat in the evening. 1 [3] Kings xvii. 6. Was he any the less blessed because he was poor to himself? Certainly not. Nay, he was the more blessed, for he was rich toward God. It is better to be rich for others than for oneself. He was so, for in the time of famine he asked a widow for food, intending to repay it, so that the barrel of meal failed not for three years and six months, and the oil jar sufficed and served the needy widow for her daily use all that time also. 1 [3] Kings xvii. 14. Rightly did Peter wish to be there where he saw them. Rightly did they appear in the mount with Christ in glory, S. Matt. xvii. 3. for He Himself became poor when He was rich.