John Berridge

John Berridge (February 1716 − January 22, 1793) was an Anglican evangelical revivalist and hymnist.

Quotes

 * Make me like a little child, Simple, teachable, and mild; Seeing only in Thy light; Walking only in Thy might!
 * Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 334.


 * Avoid all controversy in preaching, talking, or writing; preach nothing down but the devil, and nothing up but Jesus Christ.
 * Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 480.


 * Run, John, and work, the law commands, Yet finds me neither feet nor hands; But sweeter news the gospel brings, It bids me fly and lends me wings.
 * Reported in Charles Spurgeon, The Salt-Cellars (1889), p. 200. Often mistakenly attributed to John Bunyan.