Second Great Awakening.

It presumably settled their concerns that those who do evil, will pay in the afterlife and that was enough for the working class to convert, and become faithful. In the Book of Mormon it states “giveth the spirit of the devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he may reign over you in his own kingdom…” This passage most likely reminds many workers of how it feels to work for someone under bad conditions. I understand there were many conversions from people of the lower class; however, it seemed to generate more towards the prestigious scholars in the community of Rochester. Source 8 is an excerpt from the Book of Mormon, which illustrates once sinners, had confessed to God, they will be forever redeemed and are free forever. There was never an emotional connection made between worker and employer as it once had been. Sources 12, 13, and 14 are sources by women and how if their presence was not there at the sermons and prayers, the revivals definitely could not have become as successful as they had. I found that these revivals were, in the most part, directed towards the middle class and above. Source 11 showed how many people were in each class. Sources 10 described the working conditions of the journeymen.

These sources, I found, contributed greatly to the scholarly knowledge of the Second Great Awakening. So as one can see, the information brought to us in Chapter 7:The Second Great Awakening has definitely added to scholarly knowledge of the revivals of the Rochester area. Source 5 and 6 is a letter and verse in defense towards the revivals exuberating how wonderful they really are. Source 9 describes a young boys point of view in 1874, of working for a wealthy farmer and how it was always about work.