What is the inference in this passage About the year 1727 just at the time that earthquakes were prevalent in New England and shook many tall sinners down upon their knees?

What can you infer from this passage: About the year 1727, just at the time that earthquakes were prevalent in New England, and shook many tall sinners down upon their knees, there lived near this place a meager, misery fellow of the name Tom Walker"(291)

Inferences:

God-ideas strongly influenced society in 1727. Some may not have attended church but they still felt God controlled life.

People strongly believed God--not geology--causes and can stop natural events and disasters.

In their last minutes, everybody prays for God's intervention and forgiveness!

No inferences can be made--yet--about Tom walker except he is a "meager, misery fellow".