Need help with song lyric and artist

Date: 7 Jun 2003 12:38:09 -0700
Newsgroups: alt.music.lyrics
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The story goes that a man in the military enters a church with a pack
of cards instead of a Bible. When his commanding officer scolds him
for this, he explains that his deck of cards represents characters in
the Bible and card by card identifies each one. Song is usually played
at Christmas time.
Anyone know the artist and song title? Any help will be appreciated