Deck of Cards

During WW2 a bunch of soldier boys
had been on a long hike
and they arrived in a little town.

The next morning being Sunday,
several of the boys went to church.
A sergeant commanded the boys
in the Church and after the
Chaplain had read the prayer,
the text was taken up next.

Those of the boys who had
a prayer book took them out,
but this one boy had only
a deck of cards,
and so he spread them out.
The sergeant saw the cards and said,
"Soldier put away those cards."
After the services was over,
The soldier was taken prisoner
and brought before the Provost Marshall.

The Marshall said,"Sergeant,
why have you brought this man here?"
"For playing cards in Church, Sir"
"And what have you got
to say for yourself,son?"
"Much,Sir." Replied the soldier.
The Marshall said,"I hope so,
for if not I shall punish you
more than any man was ever punished."
The soldier said,"Sir,
I've been on the march for
about six days,
I had neither Bible nor prayer book,
but I hope to satisfy you,Sir,
with the purity of my intentions."
With that,the boy started his story:

You see Sir, when I look at the ACE",
it reminds me that there is
but one GOD;

The "DEUCE" reminds me that the
Bible is divided into two parts;
The Old and the New Testaments;

When I see the TREY",
I think of the Father,
the son,and the Holy Ghost;

When I see the "FOUR",
I think of the four Evangelists
who preached the Gospel.
There was Matthew,Mark,Luke and John;

When I see the "FIVE",
it reminds me of the five
virgins who trimmed their lamps,
There were ten of them,
five were wise and were saved.
Five were foolish and were shut out;

And when I see the "SIX",
it reminds me that in six days,
God made this great heaven and earth;

When I see the "SEVEN",
it reminds me that on the
seventh day, GOD rested from
His great work;

When I see the "EIGHT",
I think of the eight righteous persons
God saved when he destroyed this earth.
There was Noah,his wife,
their three sons and their wivies;

When I see the "NINE",
I think of the lepers our saviour cleaned.
And nine out of the ten
didn't even thank Him.

When I see the "TEN"
I think of the Ten Commandments
God handed down to Moses
on a table of stone;

When I see the "KING",
it reminds me that there is but
one King of Heaven,
GOD ALMIGHTY;

And when I see the "QUEEN",
I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
who is Queen of Heaven;

And the "JACK" or "KNAVE"is the Devil;

When I count the number
of spots on a deck of cards,
I find 365,
the number of days in a year;

There's 52 cards,
the number of weeks in a year;

There's 4 suits,
the number of weeks in a month;

There's 12 picture cards,
the number of months in a year,

There's 13 tricks,
the number of weeks in a quarter;

So you see, Sir,

my pack of cards serves
me as a Bible, Almanac and a Prayer Book.

This story is true.
God Bless all our service men and women.

Thank you for visiting with me.
Joan




Thank you Kevin for this award




5-4-2000