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No. 36.

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Sac [Sacramento] City
Apl. [April] 7.50 [1850]

Luke 12:15. [centered]
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"For a mans [man's] life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things wh. [which] he possesseth."

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Common meaning of life as that state in
wh. [which] t. [the] animal functions are in proper exercise.
Then life as the duration of existence – the
course of time – the periods of mans [man's] stay on
the earth –

The state or condition of one in respect to
happiness, & the good of existence – as in
the text – involving also the following – viz. [namely]
The eternal felicity of the heavenly world.

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I Life does not consist in the abundance
of the things one possesseth – because
(a) We may have this abundance of things
& yet no life – no solid happiness
May die at any period – when most