在这部事业与荣誉剧情/爱情片中,Steed一家从他们佛蒙特州的老家搬到纽约北部的新家，宗教的冲突几乎要毁掉他们家庭间的紧密关系。雇来的帮手间的宗教冲突使这个辛勤努力的家庭的生活更加困难。两兄弟同时爱上了一个富商的女儿立即使矛盾更加恶化。
Recently moved to upstate New York from the comfort of their Vermont homestead, the Benjamin Steed family makes their way into the established social structure of Palmyra. In their attempt to settle peacefully into the new community, they discover that the help they have hired to clear their land is at the center of a religious controversy - a controversy that threatens to tear the family apart. As two of the Steed brothers contend for the favor of a wealthy merchant's daughter, they find themselves on opposite sides of the religious question. Although the family struggles to smooth the contention, they soon face deeper issues of family loyalty and the pursuit of truth.
