Albert Benjamin (A. B.) Simpson (1843 – 1919) was a Canadian pastor, theologian, author, and founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), an evangelical protestant denomination with an emphasis on global evangelism. Simpson pastored several churches in Canada, Kentucky, and New York, was very active in home and world missions, and wrote over 70 books on Christian living. His driving passion was to help fulfill the Great Commission by working to send out missionaries to all the world. And by 1895, the C&MA had sent out nearly 300 missionaries.
Below are many of his quotes showing his great desire to live holy, rejoice in the Lord, and to see God glorified in all we do.1
“God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.”
“Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”
“Before we can speak God’s message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.”
“The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!”
“When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.”
“All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.”
“Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.”
“Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares.”
“The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”
“The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.”
“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”
“There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.”
“A divided heart loses both worlds.”
“God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.”
“May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.”
“There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.”
“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord’s coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”
“When I cannot understand my Father’s leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful – Only wait.”
“Difficulties and obstacles are God’s challenges to faith. When hindrances confront us in the path of duty, we are to recognize them as vessels for faith to fill with the fullness and all-sufficiency of Jesus.”
1 All of these quotes are from the website below:
TOP 25 QUOTES BY A. B. SIMPSON (of 79) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)