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Updated: June 12, 2025
"Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping." "Don't you know what 'l-e-s-t' means?" asked Martin, eager for the explanation. "Oh why, yes," responded his father. "It means 'For fear' he should come suddenly." "Who?" asked Martin. "The Lord," returned his father gravely. "Why shouldn't they be sleeping?" asked Martin. "Who?" said his father, turning to attend to the horses.
Of the connection of the verse, and its spiritual significance, Martin knew nothing. The word "l-e-s-t" puzzled him. He would ask somebody about it. When he helped his father with the horses at the barn that evening, Martin questioned his father about the word "l-e-s-t." "Haven't you spelled it wrong?" asked his father. "I guess it's 'l-e-a-s-t' 'least' smallest."
Some of them look too hard." He began and dropped several verses, because of their difficulty. Finally he settled on one, because of its shortness. He read its seven words haltingly but carefully. "'L-e-s-t' I don't know that word 'c-o-m-i-n-g' coming 's-u-d-d-e-n-l-y he find you s-l-e-e-p-i-n-g. 'Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping."
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