st.

Death? God is behind death and therefore death is no evil.

Prayer? It shall be used always, but it never helps unless we do our
best.

Humility? It is always rewarded by love.

Fearlessness? It is commended very strongly.

Cowardice? It is repudiated and despised to the utmost.

Obedience? Youth must be obedient and respectful towards old people.

Chastity? Better to burn down a church than to take or to give away
chastity.

Protection of the weak? Marko protected weak people and animals. That is
a great merit.

Chivalry? Always; towards friends and enemies.

Work? Without work prayer does not help.

Freedom? Man is man only in living in freedom and in fighting for
freedom.

Wealth? It is no virtue, and if it does not support virtue, it is a
vice.

God? He is the Lord of the World and thy steady companion.

Such morals have been preached, yea, sung by our ancestors, and by
ourselves. Certainly we have sinned often against these morals, but in
our sins and in our virtues they have been always regarded as a standard
of all that is good and beautiful.

SINNING SERBIA.

Serbia sinned and repented her sins, and again sinned. Put yourselves,
gentlemen, in the chair of a judge, and I will confess to you all the
sins of Serbia. Serbia sinned and suffered. Her sins have been her hell,
her sufferings--her purgatory. I don't pray you to forgive Serbia, but
only to compare justly her sins with her sufferings. The Serbs sinned
against all the ten commandments, it is true, but still regarded the ten
commandments as the standard which is better than a nation's doings.
Although the people said beautifully: "A grain of truth is better than a
ton of lies," still the lie, like a parasite, had its nest in Serbia as
elsewhere. Although the people said: "It is better to be blind with
justice than to have eyes with injustice," still injustice had its seed,
its growth and fruits among the same people. Although Cain's sin has
been abhorred by the conscience of the Serbs, still this sin of taking
the life of a brother has defiled the very soil of Serbia, which has
been so much sanctified by the sufferings and unselfish sacrifices of
her people. You will not find certainly in Serbia the refined vices
which are practised in the shadow of great civilisations, but you will
find quite enough great and small sins, which the Serbian conscience
does not justify any more than yours.

THE SERBIAN AND THE BULGARIAN SPIRIT.