JAK HO LIDÉ MILOVALI, TAK HO REŽIM NENÁVIDEL.
ZA VŠE DOBRÉ ZAPLATIL DAN NEJVYŠŠÍ.
VESNICKÝ FARÁR JOSEF TOUFAR PUSOBIL V TOMTO KRAJI, NEJPRVE V ZAHRÁDCE, POZDEJI V CÍHOŠTI. BYL TO ON, KTERÝ KÁZAL Z CÍHOŠTSKÉ KAZATELNY, KDYŽ SE V KOSTELÍKU HÝBAL KRÍŽEK. TI, KTERÍ TO VIDELI, O TOM PODÁVAJÍ SVEDECTVÍ A VERÍ V ÚKAZ BOŽÍ. PSAL SE ROK 1949.
ZEMREL JAKO MUCEDNÍK RUKOU TRÝZNITELE.
ZE VŠECH STRAN JSI MI VŠAK, HOSPODINE, ŠTÍTEM,
TYS MÁ SLÁVA, TY MI POZVEDÁŠ HLAVU. (ŽALM 3 )
AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE LOVED HIM, THE REGIME DETESTED HIM.
FOR ALL THE GOOD, HE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE.
THE VILLAGE PASTOR JOSEF TOUFAR USED T0 WORK IN THIS REGION, FIRST IN ZAHRÁDKA, THEN IN CÍHOŠT. HE WAS IN THE PULPIT PREACHING TO THE CÍHOŠT CONGREGATION WHEN THE CROSS IN THE LITTLE CHURCH BEGAN TO MOVE. THOSE WHO SAW IT TESTIFY TO IT AS A FACT AND BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A GOODLY PHENOMENON TO THIS DAY. IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER I949.
HE DIED AS A MARTYR OF FAITH BY THE HAND OF HIS TORMENTOR.
YOU ARE MY SHIELD, LORD, FROM ALL SIDES,
VOU ARE MY GLORY, YOU MAKE ME RAISE MY HEAD. (PSALM 3)
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