bestowment

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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

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.

The subsequent remarks, however, more especially relate to the bestowment of property, and that whether of capital already possessed, or of income to be acquired by industry.

From Christian Devotedness by Groves, Anthony Norris

This gift is alike creditable to the venerable men of your Association in its bestowment and to the State of Oregon in its acceptance.

From Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies

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

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