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" For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. "
Christianity and American Democracy - Page 38
by Hugh Heclo - 2009 - 312 pages
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Life and letters of John Winthrop, from 1630 to 1649, Volume 73

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 522 pages
...glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ' The Lord make it likely that of New England.' For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to...
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Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts ..., Volume 1

Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1867 - 506 pages
...glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ' The Lord make it likely that of New England.' For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to...
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Life and Letters of John Winthrop: Governor of the Massachusetts ..., Volume 1

Robert Charles Winthrop - Puritans - 1869 - 514 pages
...glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ' The Lord make it likely that of New England.' For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that 1f we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to...
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Life and Letters of John Winthrop: Governor of the Massachusetts ..., Volume 2

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1869 - 508 pages
...glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ' The Lord make it likely that of New England.9 For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to...
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Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives - 1966 - 1206 pages
...existence been under the direction of a man who warned his group of new settlers that "We must always consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill — the eyes of all peop^ are upon us.'; Our late beloved President went on to caution that "Today the eyes of all people...
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and ..., Volume 2

United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - Presidents - 1965 - 1296 pages
...Kennedy told us that John Winthrop, setting out for America, said to his shipmates, "We must always consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill — the eyes of all people are upon us." Well, America tonight is a city upon a hill, and those who watch us look not to our tall buildings...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - Labor policy - 1975 - 1590 pages
...inclnsionary laws, are not implemented in full force. John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay declared, "For •we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of the people are upon us ... In America, . . . we shall see, or may see, more of God's wisdom, power...
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The Food Stamp Controversy of 1975: Background Materials

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs - Food relief - 1975 - 98 pages
...famous sermons in our history. In the New World, Winthrop told them, "we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us ... we shall be made a story and a byword through the world." And that has been the American experience:...
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Food Stamps: The Statement of Hon. William E. Simon, Secretary of the ...

William E. Simon, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs - Food service - 1975 - 136 pages
...famous sermons in our history. In the New World, Winthrop told them, "we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us ... we shall be made a story and a byword through the world." And that has been the American experience:...
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American Literature, 1764-1789: The Revolutionary Years

Everett H. Emerson - American literature - 1977 - 328 pages
...163o as it carried the Puritan settlers to Massachusetts Bay. When Winthrop prophesied that they would be "as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people" upon them as they carried out God's work, he sounded a keynote which remained a theme in American life...
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