Finney message in the church, however, begins by telling the congregation that 'God has made the man a moral agent' (Johnson). Many of the people were members of the middle class who had seen the society as being beyond their control. In 1830 Charles Finney an evangelist faced artisans, merchants and their families in the Third Presbyterian Church of Rochester. Many of the people who were angered by this problem in Rochester were the middle class who no longer had any ay of changing the bad habits of the lower class as most of them were now voters who could vote for a leader of their choice. The working class had become disobedient their masters, and at this point, they had no control over them because of according to Johnson the moral part of the community no longer had power. As more of the workers became drunkards, they stigmatized for being so by the society.Īlcoholism, as a result, affected the families, and many of workers experienced a lot of problems with their masters. In their neighborhood workers had no one to control them and thus involved in excessive intake of alcohol. Soon worker was forced to move out of the areas where the masters lived and as such had to look for new homes as a result of this social isolation more workers settled in certain places and began engaging in heavy drinking due to being isolated by their masters.
The aftermath of this greed by the owners of the factories in Rochester was the disregard o the wellbeing of the employees who produced these products. With time the masters of Rochester became greedier as they sought to make a profit through productions of cheap products as quickly as possible.
Many farmers, as a result, ventured into a business that resulted in the changes in the social structure between them and their employees. Capitalism resulted in the development of industries that focused more on manufacturing at the expense of the poor workers of Rochester(Johnson). However, with the emergence of capitalism, Johnson specifically suggest it brought with the destruction of the cordial relationship that worker had with their masters. Individuals were responsible and did not engage in activities such as excessive drinking of alcohol. Johnson proves his point by discussing how before the emergence of evangelism brought by Charles Finney Rochester had good working societies where families were working, and parents easily associate with their children.
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