Produced by Project Rastko, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net SERBIA IN LIGHT AND DARKNESS BY REV. FATHER NICHOLAI VELIMIROVIC WITH PREFACE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY _WITH 25 ILLUSTRATIONS_ LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON FOURTH AVENUE & 30th STREET, NEW YORK BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS 1916 AUTHOR'S NOTE. The aim of this volume is to give to the English-speaking people some glimpses into the past struggles, sufferings and hopes of the Serbian nation. I have tried to describe the Serbian life in _light_, in its peace, its peaceful work, its songs and prayers; in _darkness_, in its slavery, its sins, its resistance to evil and battle for freedom. It is only the peoples which suffer themselves that can understand and sympathise deeply with the Serbian soul. I dedicate, therefore, the following pages to all those who suffer much in these times, and whose understandings are enlarged and human sympathies deepened by sufferings. I will take this opportunity of expressing my warm and respectful thanks to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury for his kind assistance and generous commendation of my work in England. My gratitude is due to the Rev. G.K.A. Bell and Dr. E. Marion Cox for their help in the revision of these pages. NICHOLAI VELIMIROVIC. London, _April_, 1916. CONTENTS. PREFACE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY _PART I._ LECTURES ON SERBIA ENGLAND AND SERBIA SERBIA FOR CROSS AND FREEDOM SERBIA AT PEACE SERBIA IN ARMS _PART II._ FRAGMENTS OF SERBIAN NATIONAL WISDOM _PART III._ FRAGMENTS OF SERBIAN POPULAR POETRY ILLUSTRATIONS. H.M. KING PETER CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER PREMIER N. PASHITCH KING MILUTIN SOLDIER ON GUARD THE GOAT-HERD DURING TURKISH RULE IN SERBIA THE MONASTERY OF CETINJE THE SECOND SERBIAN REVOLUTION OF 1815 THE MONASTERY OF KALENIC SERBIAN SOLDIERS WITH AN ENGLISH NURSE SERBIAN OFFICERS UNDER ADRIANOPLE IN 1912 THE CATTLE MARKET A TYPICAL MONTENEGRIN LADY--H.M. QUEEN MILENA PEASANT TYPES THE SUPERIOR OF A MONASTERY KING PETER AND THE TURKISH GENERAL WOMEN DOING THE WORK OF MEN _From a photograph by Underwood and Underwood_ SERBIAN WOMEN CARRYING WOUNDED _From a photograph by kind permission of Mr. Crawford Price_ WAITING FOR A PLACE IN THE HOSPITAL _From a photograph by Topical Press Agency_ "MY MOTHER." SPLIET-SPALATO A SERBIAN REFUGEE SPINNING BY MOONLIGHT DUBROVNIK-RAGUSA PREFACE BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.