bestowment
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Baptism in infants, is the pledge of the bestowment of those blessings purchased by Christ for all.
From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by S. S. (Samuel Simon) Schmucker
He had nothing of that choice prudence which seems to have been the guide of others, of our family in the bestowment of their affections.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
Of all nations they only have possessed this right; for they only received it by special bestowment.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin
If anything can enhance the magnitude of this promised bliss, it is the concluding words of the verse, in which He grounds His plea for its bestowment: “I will—that they behold my glory;”—why?
From The Words of Jesus by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
If by sovereingty we mean that God has absolute power to do whatsoever He pleases, then it will comprehend the penalty of transgression, as well as the bestowment of good.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
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