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Awful Retribution.
AWFUL RETRIBUTION .
"At the time the lightning was most vivid , a party of men and women had assembled at the Milton ' s Head public house , on Tollhouse Hill , ancl , during its vivid flashes , one man , named Alfred Greenwood , residing at Radford , kept continually uttering oaths , and wishing thai the lightning might strike some of the women blind . Scarcely had he uttered the wish than a more vivid flash than usual entered the apartment and struck him to the earth . On being taken up it was discovered he was totallblind . His eyes were completely turned upand the whites
g , only visible ; he only spoke once , which was to say 'Oh ! God—my ami ! '•—Mr . Darby , surgeon , was immediately fetched , and he soon discovered that he was irrevocably struck blind . He was then placed in a Fly and conveyed home , where he now lies blind and dumb . "—A CCOUNT OF " TERRIFIC STORM AT NOTTINGHAM , " on Sunday , 6 th July , 1845 .
O LEARN , ye wicked ! ye profane of tongue ! Whose hearts are darken'd by the cloak of crime—¦ Learn here an awful lesson . ' —There is ONE Who hears and sees all creatures upon earth , Who knows the countless acts of heedless man , Traces his footsteps o ' er the course of Life ,
And searches the deep fountain of his thoughts ! Uupon the golden Throne , where Mercy sits , Eternal Justice watches from on high The reckless millions that from clay to day Degrade humanity , and ev ' n defy , In impious language , and with brutal voice .
The boundless pow ' r that form'd the wondrous world Oh ! base and horrible are words of men Who dare defy the awful will of Heav ' n ! A wretched creature utters , with an oath , The sinful wish that others may be struck
¦ With blindness—that the lightning ' s burning flash May wound his fellow-creatures , and destroy In them the blessing they received from Goi > , Who gives all blessings for the good of all . — The wicked wish is spoken , and the words Are heard by Him whose judgment cannot err : —
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Awful Retribution.
AWFUL RETRIBUTION .
"At the time the lightning was most vivid , a party of men and women had assembled at the Milton ' s Head public house , on Tollhouse Hill , ancl , during its vivid flashes , one man , named Alfred Greenwood , residing at Radford , kept continually uttering oaths , and wishing thai the lightning might strike some of the women blind . Scarcely had he uttered the wish than a more vivid flash than usual entered the apartment and struck him to the earth . On being taken up it was discovered he was totallblind . His eyes were completely turned upand the whites
g , only visible ; he only spoke once , which was to say 'Oh ! God—my ami ! '•—Mr . Darby , surgeon , was immediately fetched , and he soon discovered that he was irrevocably struck blind . He was then placed in a Fly and conveyed home , where he now lies blind and dumb . "—A CCOUNT OF " TERRIFIC STORM AT NOTTINGHAM , " on Sunday , 6 th July , 1845 .
O LEARN , ye wicked ! ye profane of tongue ! Whose hearts are darken'd by the cloak of crime—¦ Learn here an awful lesson . ' —There is ONE Who hears and sees all creatures upon earth , Who knows the countless acts of heedless man , Traces his footsteps o ' er the course of Life ,
And searches the deep fountain of his thoughts ! Uupon the golden Throne , where Mercy sits , Eternal Justice watches from on high The reckless millions that from clay to day Degrade humanity , and ev ' n defy , In impious language , and with brutal voice .
The boundless pow ' r that form'd the wondrous world Oh ! base and horrible are words of men Who dare defy the awful will of Heav ' n ! A wretched creature utters , with an oath , The sinful wish that others may be struck
¦ With blindness—that the lightning ' s burning flash May wound his fellow-creatures , and destroy In them the blessing they received from Goi > , Who gives all blessings for the good of all . — The wicked wish is spoken , and the words Are heard by Him whose judgment cannot err : —