Evening journal., 1893-07-24
A PACK OF CARDS.
And How Scotch Soldier who Had No
Bible or Prayer Book Made Them
Serve as q Substitute.

And How = Scotch Soldier who Had No
Bible or Prayer Book Made Them
Serve as = Substitute.
A private soldier, by the name OF
Richard Lee, was taken before magis.
trate Of Glasgow Scotland, for playing
cards during divine service At thu
church those who had Bibles took them
out; but this soldier had neither Bible
nor Common Prayer Book, aud, pulling
out pack Of cards, be spread them be
fore him. he first looked at one card
and then at another The sergeant OF
the company saw him. aud saidi-
Richard, put up the cards. this Is no
place for them "
Never mind that, said Richard.
When the services were over the con
stable took Richard prisoner ano
brought him before the mayor
We'll. said the mayor, what have
You brought the soldier here foig'
For playing cards IN the church
We'll, soldier, what have you to say
for yourselfg'
much, sir, hope,
Very good; if not, l will punish you
severely
II have been, "sald the soldier
sbnut six weeks on the march | have
neither Bible nor Common Prayer Book
| have nothing but pack Of cards, and
! hope 10 satisfy your worship OF the
purity Of my intention Then spread
lug the cards before the Msyor, be be-
oegan with the Ace
~ hen l see the Ace, It reminds me
there is but one God When | see the
Deuce, IL reminds me OF the Father aud
son When | see the Tray, 1t reminds
ne of the Father, Son aud Holy Ghost
When l see the Four, II reminds me OF
the Four EvsnRelists that preached -
Matthew, Mark, Luke aud John When
| see the Five, 1t reminds Of the Five
Wise Virgins, that trimmed tleil
lamps; there were ten, but five were
wise aud Eve we're foolish, aud were
shut out When 1 see the Six. It re
minds me that in six days the Lord made
Heaven aud Earth. When l see tue
Seven, It reminds me that on the
seventh day God rested from the great
work he had made, and hallowed It
When / see the Eighth, Il reminds me
Of the eight righteous persons that were
saved when God destroyed the world
viz: Noah and his wife, his three sous
and their wives. When / see the Nine
IL reminds me of the nine lepers that
we're cleansed by our Saviour; ther,
were nine out Of ten that never CAV,
thanks When | see the Ten, it remind,
me of the Ten Commandments, which
God handed down 10 Moses on the table:
of stone. When | see the King. It re-
minds me Of the Great King Of Heaven
which Is God Almighty. When see thl
| Queen, II reminds me Of the Queen o
! Sheba, who visited SOloman, for she wal
as wise a woman as he WIS a man Shl
brought with her fifty boys and fifty
/ girls, sll dressed in boys apparel, fo
King Solomsn to tell which were boy
and which were girls The King sem
for water for them to wash. The girl
washed to the elbows, and the boys tn
wrists; so King Sol omon told by this.
'Well, said the mayor. you hav
described every card in the pack bu
one
What is thatY'
"The Knave," said the mayor.
81 will give your honor description
Of that, too, # you will not be angry
81 will not, said the mayor. ~ yol
do not term me to be the Knave
"The greatest knave know o. is th
constable that brought me here.
IL do not know" said the mayor, 81
he is the greatest knave, but know h
is the greatest fool
when I count how many spots ther
are in a pack Of cards. find 365, a
many days as there are in the year
When | count the number Of cards q
pack, fnd 90. the number OF weeks d
year Ifud that there are 10 pictur
cards in a pack, representing the month
in year; and on counting the tricks
find l3. the number of weeks in quarter
So, you see the pack OF cards serves for
Bible an Almanac, and Common Praye
Book