Show how soldier read bible from his playing cards the story of a soldier reading the bible from a pack of playing cards follows A soldier is said to have gone to church without his bible he was observed toying with a deck of cards and when arrested described each card to the magistrate by allusion to biblical characters explaining pla ining the cards served as a bible as follows ace there is only one god deuce father and son trey trinity four the evangelists five the wise virgins six heaven and earth made in six days seven he rested on the seventh day eight the eight righteous persons saved during the flood nine the nine lepers cleansed by the saviour ten the commandments king god of heaven queen queen of sheba who visited solomon and what is the knave asked the magistrate and the pr prisoner is answered the greatest knave I 1 know is the policeman who brought me here he may not be the biggest knave commented the magistrate but he is the biggest fool there are 52 cards continued the soldier the number of weeks in the year there are 12 picture cards the number of months four suits for the seasons 13 cards to the suit the number of weeks in the quarter see the cards are alixe alike a bible and an almanac |