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Richard Middleton a United States soldier was attending worship services and rather of taking out a Bible, he spread out a complete deck of cards in front of him. When an officer told him to place them away he refused the directive. We found out about  [http://ameblo.jp/harpbutter15/entry-11584506718.html powered by]  by browsing Yahoo. He was brought before the key because the refusal was considered indecent behavior. When Middleton was asked for an explanation he was told if he could present an acceptable explanation there would be no penalty. He explained to the main and the court that he had just been on an eight day march. He had little funds with which to invest on necessities. A man can barely pay for food, drink, washing, or other necessities or get a Bible or any prayer book. Middleton took out his cards and proceeded to explain his utilizing the cards in the course of service. The Ace reminds me that there is one particular God. The two and three remind me of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The 4 represents the four evangelists - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The 5 remind me of the 5 wise virgins who had been ordered to trim their lamps. There had been ten but five had been wise and did as they were told and 5 had been foolish. The six represented the time God took in making the Earth and Heaven. The seven tells me that even the Lord took time for rest. The eight reminds me of the eight righteous men and women spared from the flood - Noah and his wife and his three sons and their wives. The nine reminds me of the ten lepers that sought healing. Only a single returned to thank Jesus. Nine did not but went about telling everybody about what happened. The ten reminds of the Ten Commandments provided to Moses. The Queen reminds me of the Queen of Sheba who went to Solomon to seek out his wisdom. The King reminds me of the Excellent King of heaven and earth. The knave (jack) is the person who brought Middleton ahead of the court. The quantity of dots on a deck of cards is 365 the quantity of days in a year. The 52 cards represent the number of weeks in year. Tricks that can be won in a deck is 13 representing the months of the year. Lastly, this deck of cards is my Bible, my Almanac, and Prayer Book. The significant ordered his men to entertain Middleton. They had been to supply him with money and food. The main declared him a clever fellow.