{"id":14438,"date":"2022-10-03T13:31:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2022-10-03T13:31:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:31:52","slug":"the-bible-that-saved-a-soldiers-life-at-fredericksburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/uncategorized\/the-bible-that-saved-a-soldiers-life-at-fredericksburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible, kter\u00e1 zachr\u00e1nila \u017eivot voj\u00e1kovi: P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh odvahy a v\u00edry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bible, kter\u00e1 zachr\u00e1nila \u017eivot voj\u00e1kovi: P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh odvahy a v\u00edry<\/h2>\n\n

Z\u00e1zrak u Fredericksburgu<\/h2>\n\n

Uprost\u0159ed krvav\u00e9 bitvy u Fredericksburgu za americk\u00e9 ob\u010dansk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky se mlad\u00fd voj\u00e1k Unie jm\u00e9nem Charles W. Merrill ocitl v linii palby. Kdy\u017e kulky z mu\u0161ket pr\u0161ely na ustupuj\u00edc\u00ed voj\u00e1ky, jedna mu \u0161kr\u00e1bla prav\u00e9 oko a uv\u00edzla za uchem. Ale druh\u00e1 kulka, kter\u00e1 m\u011bla nam\u00ed\u0159eno do jeho srdce, byla z\u00e1zra\u010dn\u011b zastavena malou Bibl\u00ed Nov\u00e9ho z\u00e1kona zastr\u010denou v kapse jeho kab\u00e1tu.<\/p>\n\n

D\u016fkaz odvahy<\/h2>\n\n

Merrillova bible mu byla d\u00e1na jeho pastorem, kdy\u017e odch\u00e1zel do v\u00e1lky. M\u00e1lo tu\u0161il, \u017ee se stane symbolem jeho neochv\u011bjn\u00e9 odvahy a v\u00edry. Navzdory v\u00e1\u017en\u00e9mu zran\u011bn\u00ed hlavy z\u016fstal Merrill p\u0159i v\u011bdom\u00ed a byl dobr\u00e9 n\u00e1lady. Vyjad\u0159oval vd\u011b\u010dnost za sv\u00e9 z\u00e1zra\u010dn\u00e9 p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n

Lincoln\u016fv z\u00e1sah<\/h2>\n\n

Zpr\u00e1va o Merrillov\u011b t\u011bsn\u00e9m \u00faniku se dostala k prezidentu Abrahamu Lincolnovi, hluboce n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00e9mu mu\u017ei, kter\u00fd byl zn\u00e1m\u00fd t\u00edm, \u017ee m\u011bl Bibli ve velk\u00e9 \u00fact\u011b. Lincolnem byl pohnut Merrill\u016fv p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh a poslal voj\u00e1kovi osobn\u00ed Bibli s jeho jm\u00e9nem a datem. Tento vz\u00e1cn\u00fd svazek je nyn\u00ed ulo\u017een spole\u010dn\u011b s Merrillov\u00fdm Nov\u00fdm z\u00e1konem v knihovn\u011b Phillips Library v Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n

Osudn\u00fd den<\/h2>\n\n
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  1. kv\u011btna 1863 se Merrill zotavoval v nemocnici ve Washingtonu, D.C., kdy\u017e ho n\u00e1hle postihlo vnit\u0159n\u00ed krv\u00e1cen\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se uk\u00e1zalo jako smrteln\u00e9. Jeho posledn\u00ed slova byla \u017e\u00e1dost, aby mohl mluvit se zdravotn\u00ed sestrou, kter\u00e1 se o n\u011bj starala. P\u0159es ve\u0161kerou snahu chirurg\u016f Merrill zem\u0159el b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika minut.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Odkaz v\u00edry<\/h2>\n\n

    A\u010dkoli byl Merrill\u016fv \u017eivot kr\u00e1tk\u00fd, jeho p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh st\u00e1le inspiruje. Jeho bible, do kter\u00e9 byla vlo\u017eena kulka z mu\u0161kety, je\u017e mu zachr\u00e1nila \u017eivot, slou\u017e\u00ed jako dojemn\u00e1 p\u0159ipom\u00ednka s\u00edly v\u00edry a k\u0159ehkosti \u017eivota.<\/p>\n\n

    Voj\u00e1kova cesta<\/h2>\n\n

    Charles W. Merrill se narodil v Newburyportu ve st\u00e1t\u011b Massachusetts v roce 1837. Do arm\u00e1dy Unie vstoupil v roce 1862 a slou\u017eil v 19. pluku dobrovolnick\u00e9 p\u011bchoty st\u00e1tu Massachusetts. Merrillovy dopisy dom\u016f odhaluj\u00ed jeho touhu po m\u00edru a jeho neochv\u011bjnou v\u00edru v Unii.<\/p>\n\n

    Bitva u Fredericksburgu<\/h2>\n\n

    Bitva u Fredericksburgu byla jednou z nejkrvav\u011bj\u0161\u00edch bitev ob\u010dansk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky, kter\u00e9 se z\u00fa\u010dastnilo p\u0159es 200 000 voj\u00e1k\u016f. Merrill\u016fv pluk dostal za \u00fakol p\u0159ekro\u010dit \u0159eku Rappahannock a za\u00fato\u010dit na obrann\u00e9 linie Konfederace. P\u0159esto\u017ee byli po\u010detn\u011b slab\u0161\u00ed, arm\u00e1da Unie bojovala state\u010dn\u011b, ale nakonec utrp\u011bla t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 ztr\u00e1ty.<\/p>\n\n

    N\u00e1rod v truchlen\u00ed<\/h2>\n\n

    Merrillova smrt byla tragickou ztr\u00e1tou pro jeho rodinu, p\u0159\u00e1tele i n\u00e1rod. Byl to state\u010dn\u00fd a \u010destn\u00fd voj\u00e1k, jeho\u017e v\u00edra ho prov\u00e1zela hr\u016fzami v\u00e1lky. Jeho p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh je p\u0159ipom\u00ednkou ob\u011bt\u00ed, kter\u00e9 p\u0159inesli nes\u010detn\u00ed dal\u0161\u00ed b\u011bhem americk\u00e9 ob\u010dansk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky.<\/p>\n\n

    S\u00edla proz\u0159etelnosti<\/h2>\n\n

    Po Merrillov\u011b smrti hledala jeho rodina a p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9 \u00fat\u011bchu ve v\u00ed\u0159e, \u017ee jeho \u017eivot byl veden vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed moc\u00ed. Z\u00e1hadn\u00e9 cesty proz\u0159etelnosti ho u\u0161et\u0159ily okam\u017eit\u00e9 smrti na boji\u0161ti, jen aby si ho vzaly ne\u010dekan\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem. Ale d\u00edky jeho v\u00ed\u0159e a l\u00e1sce t\u011bch, kdo ho obklopovali, Merrill\u016fv odkaz \u017eije d\u00e1l.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bible, kter\u00e1 zachr\u00e1nila \u017eivot voj\u00e1kovi: P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh odvahy a v\u00edry Z\u00e1zrak u Fredericksburgu Uprost\u0159ed krvav\u00e9 bitvy u Fredericksburgu za americk\u00e9 ob\u010dansk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky se mlad\u00fd voj\u00e1k Unie jm\u00e9nem Charles W. Merrill ocitl…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1001,19378,19,4244,990],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-civil-war","tag-bible","tag-american-history","tag-courage","tag-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14439,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438\/revisions\/14439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}