"Lord have compassion upon us! Lord have mercy upon us!"
The devout Colonel, as if he expected that God would show him some
signal mark of his favour, in more emphatic tone chanted the verse--
"I will deliver him because he hath known My name; I will protect him
because he hath loved Me."
And as if in reality the Divine interpretation had been granted, the
messenger at that moment appeared entering the Piazza!
The man had seen Morelos, and brought back the glad news that the
insurgent general would instantly place his army _en route_ for the
relief of Huajapam.