170 years ago today - 7 March 1845, Friday

[William Clayton Writings] Mar. 10. 1845. ... While writing and copying the records of the kingdom [Council of Fifty], I was writing these words dropped by Er H.C. Kimball in the council on the 4th inst. viz ``if a man step beyond his bounds he will lose his kingdom as Lucifer did and it will be given to others who are more worthy.'' This idea came to my mind. It has been a doctrine taught by this church that we were in the Grand Council amongst the Gods when the organization of this world was contemplated and that the laws of government were all made and sanctioned by all present and all the ordinances and ceremonies decreed upon. Now is it not the case that the council of the kingdom of God now organized upon this earth are

[Source: Fillerup, Robert C., compiler; William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries and Personal Writings, A chronological compilation of the personal writings of William Clayton while he was a resident of Nauvoo, Illinois. http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/clayton-diaries]