The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September O.
28 August] 1828 - 20 November O.
7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.
He received multiple nominations for Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906, and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910, and his miss of the prize is a major Nobel prize controversy.
Where Love Is, God Is is a short story about a shoemaker named Martin Avdeitch.
The story begins with a background on Martin's life.
He was a fine cobbler as he did his work well and never promised to do something that he could not do.
He stayed busy with his work in his basement that had only one window.
Through this window he could see only the feet of people.
He was still able to recognize most people by their shoes as he had worked with most of the shoes at least once.
He had a wife, but she died, and all their children had died in their infancy except a three-year-old son.
After he thought about sending him off to live with his sister he decided to care for the child himself.
Martin however, was not destined to have a child as his son died a few years later with a fever.
In grief, he denied God, wondering how He could allow such a thing to happen to him.
One day a missionary visited Martin and Martin told him of his hardships.
This missionary told Martin that he should live his life for God and not deny Him because God's will is the ultimate deciding factor and as humans we cannot question that.
The missionary's words sank deep into Martin.
After this encounter Martin went out and bought a large print Testament.
He began to read the Bible, at first only on holidays, but as he read more and more it became daily.
His life became full with peace and joy.
After his day of work he would sit down with a la.
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