Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

Those who walked closely with God lived in the hope that “Their outward, and temporal Good, and profitt will be promoted, and advanced.” A “well ordered conversation,” in short, was the “surest way to enjoy the greatest Good, and happiness” while in this world.