As the death Cloud darkened the sky over the Lake of Hate, Ellen raised her arms to the Heavens. 'God!' she shouted, 'is this Your vengeance? What have we done except to be poor? And if we have sinned...if I have sinned, why punish my children? Why condemn the innocent with the guilty?' She violently hurtled the words at Him. 'Answer me - answer me, if You are up there at all!'