bestowment
Example Sentences
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Always and necessarily the capacity or organ of reception precedes and determines the bestowment of blessings.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
God hath wise reasons for the bestowment of gifts, and, in someway, gets glory to himself thereby.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
Indeed, Nature's generous bestowment of talents, or even of genius, is of but little value when the favored one does not assiduously labor to cultivate and develop the same.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
What words could be so apt as these to express thankfulness for the preservation of life, and for the subsequent bestowment of the sweetest blessings which endear it to the pure and uncorrupted heart?
From Principle and Practice The Orphan Family by Martineau, Harriet
For the Muses, however often and earnestly invoked, are never lavish in the bestowment of their favors.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
