We therefore adjure you to beseech them, in the name of the Lord, by the Son of God, to lend us a helping hand; and if all this will not soften their hearts to administer to our necessity for Zion's sake, turn your back upon them, and return speedily to Kirtland; and the blood of {49} Zion be upon their heads, even as upon the heads of her enemies; and let their recompense be as the recompense of her enemies; for thus shall it come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, who has the cattle upon a thousand hills, who has put forth His Almighty hand to bring to pass His strange act; and what man shall put forth his hand to steady the ark of God, or be found turning a deaf ear to the voice of His servant? God shall speak in due time, and all will be declared. Amen. Your brethren in the New Covenant, Joseph Smith, Jun., Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery. [Sidenote: Judgment Against Hurlburt.] _April 9_.--After an impartial trial, the court decided that Dr. Philastus Hurlburt be bound over, under two hundred dollar bonds, to keep the peace for six months, and pay the cost, which amounted to nearly three hundred dollars, all of which was in answer to our prayers, for which I thank my Heavenly Father. [1] [Sidenote: Dissolution of the United Order in Kirtland.] On the 10th, had a council of the United Order, in which it was agreed that the Order should be dissolved, and each one have his stewardship set off to him. The same day the brethren in Clay county, Missouri, executed the following letters and petitions, according to the revelation. [2] {50} _Friday, April 11_.--I attended meeting, and Father Tyler was restored to the fellowship of the Church. On the 12th, I went to a place near Lake Erie, and spent the day in fishing, and visiting the brethren. _Sunday, 13_.--Was sick, and unable to attend meeting. _Monday, 14_.--I purchased some hay and oats, and got them home. _Tuesday, 15_.--Hauled a load of hay; and on Wednesday plowed and sowed oats for Brother Frederick G. Williams, [Sidenote: Deliverance of Zion Considered.] _Thursday, April 17_.--I attended a meeting agreeable to appointment, at which time the important subjects of the deliverance of Zion and to building of the Lord's House in Kirtland were discussed by Elder Rigdon. After the lecture, I requested the brethren and sisters to contribute all the money they could for the deliverance of Zion; and received twenty-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents. [Sidenote: An Assault Thwarted by the Spirit.]