Editing Albert Benjamin Simpson (section)

==Early life ==
Simpson was born in Bayview, near [[Cavendish, Prince Edward Island]], Canada, as the third son and fourth child of James Simpson Jr. and Janet Clark.<ref>George A. Rawlyk, ''Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical Experience'', McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 1997, page 271</ref> Author Harold H. Simpson has gathered an extensive genealogy of Cavendish families in ''Cavendish: Its History, Its People''. His research establishes the Clark family (A. B. Simpson's mother's side) as one of the founding families of Cavendish in 1790, along with the Simpson family, and he traces common ancestors between Albert B. Simpson and [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]], the author of ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''.

The young Albert was raised in a strict Calvinistic Scottish [[Presbyterian]] and [[Puritan]] tradition. His conversion of faith began under the ministry of [[Henry Grattan Guinness]], a visiting evangelist from Ireland, during the revival of 1859.<ref>{{cite book |first=Alvyn |last=Austin |title=China's millions: the China Inland Mission and late Qing society, 1832–1905 |publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]] |location=[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] |year=2007 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=BylfTMGyHRAC&pg=PA96 96] |isbn=978-0-8028-2975-7 |oclc=76828852}}</ref> Simpson spent some time in the [[Chatham, Ontario]], area and received his theological training in [[Toronto]] at [[Knox College, University of Toronto]].