Which preposition to use with blessing
At these, not only did he preach the Gospel of Christ, but he made a point of telling the men the blessings of temperance; and it was by his influence that later on a society was formed in the regiment, and various attractions were placed before the men to keep them from intemperance.
Alone, it asks for blessings on the individual life and work.
It may prove a perpetual blessing to mankind, if it dissipates, as it ought to do, a weak and common prejudice, which often operates as a palsy upon the first idea of a great and generous undertaking.
Even the tops of the mountains are blessed with flowers,dwarf phlox, polemonium, ribes, hulsea, etc.
the hosannas were countless; each citizen embraced his neighbor like a brother; thousands of torches blazed in the evening; the multitude ran to the palace of the Pope, called for him, threw themselves prostrate on the earth before him, and received his blessing in devout silence.
The man who waits, until he is "fully persuaded in his own mind" will be blessed in following desire, and he will grow in wisdom thereby.
First specimen; A father addresses his son: "When thou First camest into the World, as it befalls To new-born infants, thou didst sleep away Two days; and blessings from thy father's tongue Then fell upon thee.
The Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis, containing fragments of the Roman liturgy from the end of the seventh to the ninth and tenth centuries, includes forms of blessing for the different festivals, sometimes three, sometimes nine.
Beat the English merchants, my lad, and take my blessing with you.
"I am not mad, most beloved and beautiful Eve, but blessed to a degree that might indeed upset a stronger reason.
If you labour to make yourself good in this life, you shall enjoy the fruit of your labour in the next life by being good, and, therefore, blessed for ever.
"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
"For that 'tis so my heart would have prompted had I been so blessed as thou art, dear my Beltane.
I hope it will be fuller of earnestness and blessing than the past.
Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.
Yet John Corbett proceeded with the game, as grave and solemn as when he asked a blessing at the table.
Whom the Lord has blessed above all, from whom He much expects, because He has given her much.
"Then, if her father be the man that I take him to be, I will undertake that he shall give you both his blessing as wedded man and wife, in the place of old Sir Stephen, and upon his wedding morn.
"Oh! I wish I could go to the grave instead of you!" Amabel pressed her to her bosom, and in a broken voice murmured a blessing over her.
If we forget that only through his humanity can we approach his divinity, we shall soon forget likewise that his mother is blessed among women.
There was a long pause, and the watcher held fast the little Pilgrim's hand, and betrayed to her the longing in her heart; for though she was already blessed beyond all blessedness known on earth, yet had she not forgotten the love that had begun on earth, but was forevermore.
Then only can she rise in the dignity of a guardian angel, an educator of the heart, a dispenser of the blessings by which she would atone for the evil originally brought upon mankind.
The kingdom of Judah, blessed on the whole with virtuous rulers, and comparatively free from idolatry, continually increased in wealth and political power.
O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
Blessed through love are the Gods above Through love like the Gods may man be; Heavenlier through love is the heaven above, Through love like a heaven earth can be!