What did Samuel Adams do in Harvard University?
While Adams attended college, the Great Awakening swept over New England. The evangelist George Whitefield arrived in Massachusetts, and he deeply affected many of Harvard’s men. He worked to convert many of the students to the gospel, and when he left in 1740 it was said that little but “voices of prayer and praise” could be heard on campus. In fact, Whitefield was able to reverse the growing trend throughout Boston of indulging in drink and fine clothes.
