Id Definitely Say Shocked, But More Aware.
It shows the style of dance , how people dressed and the overall topic and talk of the Jazz Age . It also shows prohibition , a massive part of this period in time , the banning of all alcohol.
His audience was mostly puritan as was the case in the 18th century. His audience was probably scared mindless because his sermons usually included scary and vivid description of suffering, hell, sins, the devil, which was all supposed to scare you into being a better christian.