bestowment

Example Sentences

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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

This intellectual gift is twofold: phronēsis as well as sophia,—the bestowment not only of deep spiritual thought, but of moral sagacity, good sense and thoughtfulness.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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

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.

This comprehends deliverance from merited sufferings, and the bestowment of happiness which is the contrast of it.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew