The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-08-03
RELIGIOUS CARD PLAYING.

the magistrate OF Glasgow, Scot
land for playing cards during
divine worship. a sergeant com
manded the soldiers at the church
and when the parson read the
prayers he took the text Those
who had Bibles took them ouI;
but this soldier had neither Bible
nor common prayer book and,
pulling out a pack OF cards, he
spread them before him. lie
first looked at one card and then
at another The sergeant OF the
company saw this and SAID:
Richard, put up the cards;
this is no place for them.
Never mind that, >" said Rich
ard
When the services were over
the constable took Richard prls-
oner and brought HIM before
the mayor.
"Weu, said the mayor, what
have you brought this soldier here
for?"
For playing cards in the
church "
Well, soldier, what have you
to say tor yourself"
Much, sir, L hope.
VERY good; sir, il not, | Will
FURNISH you severely. p"
Il have BEEN" sand the sol
dior, about SIX weeks ON the
march. / have neither Bible nor
common prayer book i have
nothing but pack OF cards, and
hope to satisfy your worship
OG the purity oil my Intention
Then spreading the cards before
the mayor, he began with the
ace When / see the ace IL re
minds me that there is but one
| God. When | see the deuce, Ut
reminds me OF the Father and
| Son. When / see the trey 1t re
| minds me OF the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost. When 1 see the
four, it reminds me OF the four
| eyangeliSts, that preached, Matil-
/ ew, Mark, Luke and John. When
see the five, 1t reminds me oil
the wise virgins that trimmed
their lamps; there were ten, but
five were wise and five were
foolish, and were shut out When
III see the six, it reminds me THAI
II in six days the Lord made heaV-
II en- and earth. When / see the
| seven, it reminds me that on the
II seventh day God rested from the
II great work he had made, and hal
| lowed it. When 1 see the eight,
! ii reminds me of the eight right
eous persons who We're saved
y when God destroyed the world
: VIZ: Noah and his wife, his three
:. sons and their wifes. When l.
/ see the nine, il reminds me OF
= the nine lepers that We're cleans
| ed by our Savior. There were
4 nine out OF the ten that nev-
er returned thanks. When l see
:. the ten, it reminds me OF the ten
commandments which God hand
ed down to Moses on the tables
o. stone When | see the king,
it reminds me OF the great KING
: OF Heaven, which is God Al
mighty. When | see the queen,
r. it reminds me OF the queen OF She
$ ba who visited Solomon, for she
was IFS wise "a woman as he was
man She brought with her
- DO boys and 30 girls, all dressed
in boys apparel, for King Solo
ON to tell which were boys and
= which We're girls The king sent
g for water for them TO wash. The
II girls washed up TO their elbows,
II the boys to the wrist; so King
| Solomon told by that -
II "Well," said the mayor, you
| have described every card in the
III pack except one.
ii What is that?''
II 1.-The knave, " said the mayor
III Il will give your honor a de
| scrlption OF that too, ii you will
not get angry"
II "if you do not term me to be the
III knaye -
II The greatest knave that |
II know OF is the constable that
II brought me here
ii . do not know" said the may
| or, ii he is the greatest knaye,
| but | know that he is the great
II est fool. "
HI When | count how many spots
| there are IN a pack of cards, L
II Ind 800, as many days as there
| are in the year. When i count
the number of cards In a pack, L
III find 10 tho p,,y,ha, <,f ,uaaly., i'm