In a letter Berridge wrote to John Thornton on 17th November 1784, he set out the glory of Christ – not merely as a fact in its own right, but as the essential and inevitable consequence in the heart and mind of a true convert. For the believer, Christ is all (Col. 3:11). Berridge started by referring to the letter he was writing, but immediately expanded his thoughts: What is a Christian letter without Christ, but a disciple without his Master? Where Jesus dwells, he will at length become Lord paramount – all our love, and trust, and hope [will be] uppermost in our preaching and hearing, praying and singing, writing and talking |