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

Over and over again, the men and women of Haverhill arrived at the same conclusion in their relations: joining the church was an obligation, a requirement placed on all believers, regardless of the state of their souls.