Presently a young woman, a leader in the village gayeties, became "serious, giving evidence," even to the severe judgment of Edwards, "of a heart truly broken and sanctified." A general seriousness began to spread over the whole town.

Hardly a single person, old or young, but felt concerned about eternal things.

According to Edwards's "Narrative": "The work of God, as it was carried on, and the number of true saints multiplied, soon made a glorious alteration in the town, so that in the spring and summer, anno 1735, the town seemed to be full of the presence of God.

It was never so full of love, nor so full of joy, and yet so full of distress, as it was then.

There were remarkable tokens of God's presence in almost every house.