Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-01-01
Card Playing
A Religious Player.

Richard Lee, wan taken before the
magistrate of Glasgow, Scotland, for
playing cards during divine services
The account is thus given in an Eng.
lish Journal.
A sergent commanded the soldiers
at the charch, and when the parson
had read the prayers he took the text
Those who had Bibles took them out;
but this soldier had neither Bible nor
Common prayer Book, and, pulling
out a pack Of cards he spread them
before him. He first lookel at one
card and then another. The sergeant
Of the company saw him and said:
"Richard, put up the cards; this is
no place for them
Never mind that" said Richard.
When the services were ever, tho
constable took Richard prisoner and
brought him before the Mayor.
"Well, said the Mayor, "what have
you brought the soldier here for"
For playing cards in chnrch."
"Well, soldier, what have you to say
for yourself?'
Much, sir, | hcpe."
Every good; if not, l will punish
you severely"
~ have BEEN" said the so 'dier,
about six weeks on the march.
have neither Bible or Common Prayer
Book. l have nothing but a pack Of
cards, and | hope to satisfy your wor-
ship Of the purity Of my intention" "
Then spreading the cards before the
Mayor, he began with the ace: When
see the ace, it reminds me that there
is but one God. When | see the deuce
it reminds me Of the Father and Son
When | see the trios, it reminds me Of
the Father, Son and Holy Gil ost.
When | see the four, it reminds me Of
the four Evsnselists that preached,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
When | see the five it reminds me Of
the wise virgins that trimmed their
lamps; there were ten, but hve were
wise and five were foolish. and were
shut out. When | see the six, it re.
minds me that in elk days the Lord
made heaven ond earth
When | see the seven, it reminds
me that on the seventh day God rest
ed from the great work he had made
and hallowel it. When | see the
eight, it reminds me Of the eight
righteous persons who were saved
when God destroyed the world, viz:
Noah and his wife, his three sons and
their wives. When | see the nine it
reminds me Of the nine lepers that
were cleaused by the savior. There
were nine out of ten that never re.
turned thanks. When | see the ten it
reminds ME of the Ten Command
ments which God handed down to
Moses on the tables of stone. When |
see the king, it reminds me of the
Great King of Heaven, which is God
Almighty. When | see the queen, it
reminds me of the queen of Sheba,
who visited Solomon, for she was as
wise a woman as he was man. She
brought with her fifty boys and girls,
all dressed in boys apparel for King
Solomon to tell which were boys and
which were girls. The King sent for
water for them to wash. The girls
washed to the elbows, the boys to the
wrist; so King Solomon told by that.
"Well, " said the Mayor, you have
described every card in the pack ex
cept one"
"What is that"
1.-The knave. said the Mayor.
II will give your honor a descrip
ton of that too, if you will not get
angry"
" will not, said the Mayor, "ifyou
do not term me to be the knave.'
"The greatest knave that know of
is the constable that brought me here. "
81 do not know" said the Mayor,
if he is the greatest knave, but | know
- is the greatest fool.