The Deck of Cards
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During the North African campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town called Cascina. The next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to Church. A sergeant commanded the boys in Church and after the Chaplain had read the prayer, the text was taken up next.

Those of the boys who had prayer books 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:

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

And when I see the "TREY",
I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;

And when I see the "FOUR",
I think of the four Evangelist who preached the Gospel.
There were Matthew, Mark, Luke and John;

And 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;

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

Then, when I see the "SEVEN",
I am reminded that on the seventh day,
God rested from His great work;

When I see the "EIGHT",
it reminds me of the eight righteous persons God saved when He destroyed this earth.
There were Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives;

When I see the "NINE",
I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed.
How that nine out of ten didn't even thank Him;

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

When I see the "KING",
I know that there is but one King of Heaven and Earth,
God, Almighty;

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

And, then, there's the "JACK" or "KNAVE",
that one 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 seasons in a year;

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

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

So, you see, Sir, my deck of cards serves me as a Bible, Almanac and Prayer Book.

Do You Have A Deck Of Cards?