This one is dedicated to the Ace of Hearts aka Tungku Teng aka Lao Ban aka Ruwolf aka ....






A Soldier and a Deck of Cards



During the north African campaign, a bunch of soldier boys went on a long hike and arrived in a little town called Casino. The next morning being a 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 a prayer book took them out, but this one boy only had a deck of cards and so he spread them out.

The sergeant saw the cards and said "Soldier, put away those cards". After the Service was over, the soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the Provost Marshall. The Marshall said to the sergeant, "Why have you borught this man here?"



"For playing cards in the church, sir."

"And what do you have to say for yourself, son?"



"Not 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 have been on a march for about 6 days and 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 ONE GOD.

And the 2 reminds me that the Bible is divided into 2 parts- the Old Testemant and the New Testemant.

And when I see the 3, I think of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.

When I see the 4, I think of the 4 evangelists who preached the Gospel - they were Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

And when I see the 5, it reminds me of the 5 wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. There were 10 of them altogether, but 5 were wise and were saved, and the other 5 were foolish and were shut out.

And I see the 6, it reminds me that in 6 days, God made this great heaven and earth.

And I see the 7, it reminds me that on the 7th day, God rested from His great work.

When I see the 8, I think of the 8 righteous persons God saved when he destroyed this earth. There was Noah, his wife, their 3 sons and their wives.

And when I see the 9, I think of the lepers our Saviour cleansed and nine of the ten didn't even thank Him.

And when I see the 10, I think of the 10 Commandments God handed down to Moses on a tablet of stone.

And I see the KING, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven.

And when I see the Queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

And the jack or the 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.

52 cards the number of weeks in a year

4 suits the number of weeks in a month

12 picture cards the number of months in a year

13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter

So you see, sir, my pack of cards serve me as a Bible, Almanac and Prayer.

-Anonymous