Sentences with phrase «upon a hill»

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As followers of Christ, it is our moral responsibility to urge you to support and protect the International Affairs Budget, and avoid disproportionate cuts to these vital programs that ensure that our country continues to be the «shining city upon a hill.»

The old town that was built upon the hills overlooks the Douro River, and the modern metropolis has a blooming nightlife and creative scene.

Kuzuko Lodge is gloriously situated high upon a hill overlooking the vast expanse of the «big 5» reserve below.

Perched upon a hill where white - washed buildings tumble colourfully down towards great hotels and soft golden sands, Oropesa has evolved from a defensive outpost against pirates, to a welcoming town with everything you need for a relaxing beach holiday.

Known as the «Place of Glory», Kuzuko Lodge is built high upon a hill in a private section of the northern part of the malaria - free Addo Elephant National Park.

The David - Zion event was also given expression in the cultus, that is, in the liturgies of the Jerusalem temple which Solomon built upon the hill of Zion.

Only with new inspiration can we rediscover the wisdom and courage to place our lamp upon a hill top in the valley of darkness.

Undoubtedly, as Joseph and Mary worked their way toward Bethlehem, their eyes looked frequently to this fortress upon a hill, reminding them of King Herod's power, glory, and might.

Situated upon the hills of Los Sueños Resort, this villa offers spectacular panoramic Pacific Ocean views.

When reading about the birth of Jesus in Scripture, many people do not realize that Bethlehem was situated within a mile or two of the Herodium, a huge palace fortress built upon a hill for King Herod, who had set himself up as the King of the Jews.

To update John Winthrop's famous line, we shall be as a laboratory upon a hill.

Theirs was the task — and nobly they performed it — to possess themselves, and through themselves, us, of this goodly land; and to uprear upon its hills and its valleys a political edifice of liberty and equal rights.

After days of exasperation over this missing feature, I stumbled upon the hill descent control function, which did help the car hold gears longer, but only on deceleration.

So, last spring, as I chored upon the hill watching old ships in the fjord raised up and repaired and fresh logs hewn to build new knarrs, I began with some excitement - and much unexpected dread - to realize we would truly leave this Iceland.

The remains are of a 13th century castle set upon a hill towering above the city; this is one of the best examples of these castle remains that can be found around the country.

Sat upon a hill, this is a building straight from the pages of fantasy.

A hidden gem pitched high upon a hill south west of Marken, a small settlement in the Limpopo Province.

Sunset Villa is a charming contemporary style home nestled upon a hill right above the gold husked sands of Playa Carmen.

Be it a multiplayer gathering on a Friday night, some thoughtful Joy - Con Rotation over a morning coffee, a Wizard duel while waiting for your train or an epic Sword Fight upon a hill top; show us how you're enjoying 1 -2-Switch and you could win a 1 -2-Switch party for your family and friends!

«As followers of Christ, it is our moral responsibility to urge you to support and protect the International Affairs Budget, and avoid disproportionate cuts to these vital programs that ensure that our country continues to be the «shining city upon a hill,»» they stated.

Two Brothers Surf Resort Perched upon a hill overlooking the gorgeous beaches of Souther Nicaragua (including Popoyo), we offer luxury and incredible amenities, more than most vacation rentals and hotels, while still keeping budget in mind.

I tackled hill upon hill.

The church people then might become like the «city upon the hill» that can not be hidden... instead of the «candle light under the bushel basket».

For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us.»

President Ronald Reagan was the last major public figure to speak of America as a city upon a hill, and his allusions to that venerable tradition were derided as a gross instance of either naiveté or hubris, or maybe both.

«We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world... till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.»

John Winthrop, the Puritan governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, famously drew upon the Bible to describe the early New England settlers: «We shall be as a City upon a hill, the eyes of all people upon us.»

In the very speech in which he spoke about the «City upon a hill,» Winthrop qualified it by cautioning that «if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.»

But they came to see Boston as the new Jerusalem, a divinely ordained «city upon a hill,» a phrase Massachusetts Bay Colony founder John Winthrop used in a sermon at sea en route from England in 1630.

While traveling to settle the New World, Massachusetts Bay Colony governor and preacher John Winthrop wrote, «We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us.»

In the house upon the hill Hanging on the window sill Was a little Christmas stocking with a hole in the toe And when Santa came to call At the house upon the hill He saw the Christmas stocking hanging in the candle glow.

John Winthrop's 1630 sermon described America as a «city upon a hill,» a phrase Ronald Reagan constantly invoked centuries later.

We request from You, Father, the wisdom and energy to continue bending the arc of history toward progress, to help America live up to its place as the City Upon a Hill, to honestly address the ills of the past so everyone can move forward.

To Dean, Reagan was like a soothing grandfather: he had that ability to communicate and inspire people, like when he spoke about «a city upon a hill.»

Upon the hills the soil is in many places mossy and fit for nothing.

John Winthrop's hopeful description of the Massachusetts Bay theocracy as a «city upon a hill» is emblazoned in the American self - image, a vivid symbol of what are widely seen as dominant isolationist and & #...

-- James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana, 1656 The Myth of the «City upon a Hill»: The Americanization of the Puritan Mission Misperceptions about the history, traditions, and nature of American foreign policy begin with the popular image of the Puritans who settled in New England in the 1630s.

In the glaciers receded absence, one will find that tundra has encroached upon the land — blueberries and crowberries grow rampant on the ground and upon the hills.

Like a castle out of the past perched upon a hill, The Headland Hotel in Newquay is a true gem.

Salt and light are metaphors in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:13 - 16), a passage cited by John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, as he stated his intention to build «a city upon a hill.»

Because we feel strongly that government must strive much harder to be that shining city upon the hill that Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy both aspired to, we have set two timeouts on this new service.