bestowment
Example Sentences
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True, it was; but what were his motives in its bestowment?
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
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.
When we come to ask mercy of God, and to pray for grace to love and serve him, we may plead and expostulate for the bestowment.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
The honor of thy great name is concerned—it unites with our necessities in requiting the bestowment of the mercies which we ask.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
The reader will call to mind that this Simon Magus is mentioned and condemned in the Acts of the Apostles, for offering to pay Peter for a bestowment of the gift of the Holy Ghost.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey
