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Show ICARSS USED AS'AN INDEX TO SCRIPTURE The following piece appeared In a recent issue of the SpringvlUe Inde-. pendent, who gives the credit for hav- i ing taken it from an old Issue of the Juvenile Instructor. It will be read with Interest by many of our subscribers. subscrib-ers. A private soldier was caught in the back pew of a church playing solitaire. He was arrested by the usher and taken tak-en before the mayor to answer to the charge of "desecrating God's holy house by playing cards." , well, soldier, said the mayor, "what have you to say for yourself?" "Much," replied the soldier, "I have been six weeks on the march and had no bible nor book of common prayer, but a pack of cards which answered for both." Then spreading the cards before the mayor explained: ''When I see the ace it remiuds me of the one and true living God; the duce reminds me of the Father and the Son. When I see the tray, I am reminded of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The four spot reminds me of the four evangelists; the five reminds me of the five wise virgins who kept their lamps trimmed and ready for lighting; the six spot, that God made the world in six days, and the seven, that he rested from His great work. The eight spot reminds me of the eight righteous persons who were saved sav-ed in the Ark; the nine, of the nine lepers who were cleansed by our Savior. Sa-vior. When I see the ten, it reminds me of tho ten commandments which God gave to Moses. The king, of Solomon Solo-mon in all his glory; the queen, of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon. "Well," said the mayor, "you have given a good description of all the j cards except the knave; what have you to say about that?" "That," said the soldier, with a twinkle in his eye, "reminds me of the constable that brought me here." The soldier continued, "If your honor please, I use my deck as a calendar as well as for a bible. When 1 count ; the spots I find 365, the number of days in the year; the 52 cards in the pack equal the number of weeks in the year; the four suits, the number of weeks In a month; there are twelve picture cards in the pack, the twelve months in the year, also reminding I one of the 'Twelve Apostles of the i t-amb,' and on counting the tricks I find thirteen, the number of weeks In a quarter." The culprit was discharged and given giv-en a pocket bible. |