Simpson, A.B (Albert Benjamin) (1843-1919)
Place of Birth: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Description: Presbyterian minister, founder of Christian and Missionary Alliance
Education: Educated Knox College, Toronto
Christian Work: Pastor Knox Presbyterian Church, Hamilton (1865) then to Chestnut Pres. Church, Louisville, Kentucky (1879); experience of revival and “fullness of the blessing of Christ”; to New York, Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church (1881); health gave out; told he had one month to live, healed by the Lord; labored strenuously for 35 more years; left Presbyterian Church to begin a new work (from 1881) meeting in New York at Eighth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street, which became an evangelical center; began and edited Alliance Weekly; organized Christian and Missionary Alliance (1897)
Beliefs and Teachings: Preached four-fold gospel – Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, coming King
Writings: Wrote more than 70 books on Bible, theology, missions, spiritual life; hymns include “Tell Me Not of Earthly Pleasures,” “Crucified with Christ My Savior,” “I Am Crucified with Christ,” “Jesus Only Is Our Message”
Biographies: A.E. Thompson, The Life of A.B Simpson, New York: The Christian Alliance Publishing Company, 1920; A.W. Tozer, Wingspread: Albert B. Simpson, Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1943
