Е.Поселянин (pseudonym of Е.А. Погожева| 1870-1931) is a remarkable spiritual writer of border XIX - XX of centuries, leaving rich heritage. It a few ten of books and reasons is on history of Church, biography of saints and devotees, book on religious life of the soul. It is difficult to define the genre of works of Поселянина - it and not actually fiction, but also not publicism, and not проповеднический genre as such. Fervor of his work - appeal in the faith of the compatriots that, named the Orthodox christians, in most such it was not been. He wanted to show beauty and depth of christian exploit in everyday, "ordinary" life. He did not have neither revealing tone nor apocalyptic incandescence - so peculiar to the epoch. His "ideal" is transforming of internal life.Book "Ideals of christian life" - about it, she is embodiment cherished ideas and hopes of author. "Ideals of christian life are ideals of christian happiness. This happiness that exceptionally, that it does not quite depend on those external circumstances happiness mundane" consists of that. Here a reader will find the all best, that distinguishes work of writer is a bright, vivid word, wonderful style and, at the same time, is an address to the deepest layers of life of the christian soul.