It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.

  

  The young soldier knew it was Sunday.

  

  As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

  

  Just then an army sergeant came in and said, "Why aren't you with

 the rest of the platoon?"

  

  The soldier replied, "I thought I would stay behind and spend

  Some time with the Lord."

  

  The sergeant said, "Looks to me like you're going to play cards."

  

  The soldier sad , "No, sir. You see, since we are not allowed to

 have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards."

  

  The sergeant asked in disbelief, "How will you do that?"

  

  "You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one

  God.

  

  The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New

  Testaments.

  

  The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

  

  The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and

  John.

  

  The Five is for the five virgins there were ten, but only five of

  them

  were glorified.

  

  The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and

  Earth.

  

  The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.

  

  The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three

  Sons and their wives - the eight people God spared from the flood that

  destroyed the Earth.

  

  The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. He

  cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.

  

  The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to

 Moses on tablets made of stone.

  

  The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but

  he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the

 joker of eternal hell.

  

  The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.

  

  The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.

  

  When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total,

 one for every day of the year.

  

  There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52

  Weeks in a year.

  

  The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall

  and Winter.

  

  Each suit has thirteen cards - there are exactly thirteen weeks

  In a quarter.

  

  So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this

 old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful

  for."

  

  The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, "Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?"

 

Who does this man remind you of??

 

 

This is Tex Ritter,father of the later actor John Ritter.Tex was a very popular Country Star in the 40's ,50's and early 60's..

He released an recording similar to the one above in 1948,I believe..

 

 Tex Ritter

 Deck Of Cards (1948)

 
 
 

Friends, this is Tex Ritter with a strange story about a soldier boy and a deck of cards.
During the North African campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town called Casino. The next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to church. A sergeant commanded the boys in church and after the Chaplin had read the prayer the text was taken up next. Those of the boys who had a prayer book took them out. But this one boy only had a deck of card and so he spread them out. The sergeant saw the cards and said, ???Soldier, put away those cards.??? After the services were over the soldier was taken prisoner and was taken before the provost marshal. The marshal said sergeant, ???Why have you brought this man here???? ???For playing cards in church, Sir.??? ???And what do you have to say for yourself son???? ???Much, Sir??? replied the soldier. The Marshal said, ???I hope for if not, I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished.??? The soldier said, ???Sir, I have been on a march for six days and I had neither bible or prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir, with the purity of my intentions.??? With that the boy started his story.

You see sir when I see the Ace, it reminds me that there is but one God. And the deuce reminds me the bible is divided into two parts, the Old and the New Testament. And when I see the three, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. When I see the four, I think of the four evangelists who preached the gospel, there was Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. There were ten of them, five were wise and were saved and five were foolish and were shut out. And when I see the six it reminds me that in six days God made this great heaven and earth. And when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day God rested from his great work. And when I see the eight, I think of the eight righteous people God saved when he destroyed this earth. There was Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives. And when I think of the nine, I think of the leapers our savior cleansed and nine of the ten didn???t even thank him. When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments God handed down to Moses on a table of stone. When I see the king, it reminds me that there is but one king in heaven, God all Mighty. And when I see the queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is queen of heaven. And the Jack or knave is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots of a deck of cards I find three hundred and sixty-five, the number of days in a year. There are fifty-two cards, the number of weeks in a year. There???s four suits, the number of weeks in a month. There???s twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year. There are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.
So you see, Sir, my deck of cards serves me as a Bible, almanac, and prayer book. And friends I know that story is true cause I knew that soldier.