bestowment
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We have seen that the election of a nation to the enjoyment of certain external advantages, or the bestowment of superior gifts upon some individuals, is not inconsistent with the perfection of the divine goodness.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
In substance or anticipation, this one bestowment contains all good things of God.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
It will be easy to devote the accessories, when the principal bestowment has been rendered.
From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by Knowles King
God hath wise reasons for the bestowment of gifts, and, in someway, gets glory to himself thereby.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Andrew Lee
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 James M. Trotter
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