He wasn’t the first to speak that way. In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus in Matthew 5:14 said, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” In 1630, Puritan John ...
Introduction: "The most famous lay sermon in all of American history" -- Part I, Text. Writing "A model of Christian charity" -- "We shall be as a city upon a hill" -- A chosen people -- New England ...
In A Modell of Christian Charity, published in 1630, John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, wrote, "For wee must consider that wee shall be as a citty upon a hill. The ...