bestowment

Example Sentences

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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 Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

Verse 11 fills up the measure of the bestowment of grace on sinful men.

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

Standing at the distance of a hundred years, we are able to measure in some degree the magnitude of this bestowment.

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

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 audience was a large and brilliant one, composed of members of both races, and was quite demonstrative in the bestowment of applause and in floral offerings.

From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.