V monografii raskryvaetsya organizatsiya dukhovno-nravstvennogo vospitaniya voennosluzhashchikh v dorevolyutsionnoy Rossii, pokazyvaetsya vazhnost' i slozhnost' voinskogo sluzheniya, prokhodyashchego na rubezhe, razdelyayushchego dobro i zla, obosnovyvaetsya neobkhodimost' formirovaniya u voinov vysokogo patrioticheskogo dukha i nravstvennosti. V rabote rassmatrivaetsya protsess formirovaniya i evolyutsiya razvitiya dukhovnogo vedomstva armii i flota glavnogo pomoshchnika komandovaniya v voprosakh vospitaniya voennosluzhashchikh. Ponyata problema nedostatkov dukhovno-nravstvennogo vospitaniya voennosluzhashchikh do revolyutsii, prichiny kotorykh avtor vidit v krizise Pravoslavnoy tserkvi i v padenii prestizha sluzheniya svyashchennikov. Rassmatrivaetsya protsess vospitaniya veroterpimosti v armeyskoy i flotskoy srede, kotoryy byl dovol'no uspeshnym. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya voennykh vospitateley, kursantov voennykh institutov, slushateley voennykh akademiy, voennykh svyashchennikov, dlya vsekh interesuyushchikhsya organizatsiey dukhovno-nravstvennogo vospitaniya voennosluzhashchikh dorevolyutsionnoy Rossii.