Here are some sources that said he did, but still others may object.
Simpson’s own word:
Expressing What the Mind Cannot Fathom or Express
“It appears to be a divine ecstasy which lifts the soul above the ordinary modes & expressions of reason & utterance…The spirit is the higher element & in the gift of tongues appears to overlap the mind altogether, & find its expression in speech quite unintelligible to the person himself, yet truly expressing the higher thought & feeling of the exalted spiritual state of the subject.” —A.B. Simpson
“...a burst of ecstatic overflow that no language could express…a sort of inarticulate cry…the artless freedom of the Spirit’s voice.” —A.B. Simpson
https://blog.cpdistrict.org/what-is-the-value-of-speaking-in-tongues-testimonials
It is believe that Simpson did pray in tonguesbut did not believed you have to in order to be baptized in the Holy Ghost. The Christian Missionary Alliance developed a position that the fruit of the Spirit was the evidence of the Holy Ghost baptism and it was proved by a fruitful ministry.Aug 23, 2015
A.B. Simpson receives Pentecostal Experience | Azusa Report
While Simpson and the C&MA wholeheartedly embraced the Filling of the Holy Spirit and the spiritual gifts, including speaking with tongues, they rejected the position that tongues was the only initial evidence for that Baptism experience; instead, they held that the primary evidence is the Fruit of the Holy Spirit ( ...
Albert Benjamin Simpson - Wikipedia
After Simpson's death in 1919, the C&MA distanced itself from Pentecostalism, rejecting the premise that speaking in tongues is a necessary indicator of being filled with the Holy Spirit, and instead focused on the deeper Christian life.
Alliance World Fellowship - Wikipedia
How to Tell Real Tongue Speaking Gift from the Holy Spirit & Fake by A. B. Simpson
May, 1907
While preaching on Daniel, it came to me, like him, to set apart a time for prayer and fasting that God would specially bless the work 1907 entrusted to me and give me a special anointing of the Holy Ghost. I was the more led to do this in view of the approaching Council, May 29, and the special movement of the Holy Spirit abroad today, that God would show His will about it, and give to me all He has for me - and also for the work. After one week of waiting on God I could not stop, but continued two, three, and up to the Council, and indeed with slight interruptions ever since. I noted first a quiet but real quickening in my own soul, and great blessing in the Council. God kept us united, and at the close manifested Himself in some of the meetings in a very unusual way. There were several cases of the Gift of Tongues and other extraordinary manifestations, some of which were certainly genuine, while others appeared to partake somewhat of the individual peculiarities and eccentricities of the subjects; so that I saw not only the working of the Spirit, but also a very distinct human element, not always edifying or profitable. And God led me to discern and hold quietly to the divine order for the gifts of the Spirit in I Cor. 12-14. At the same time I could not question the reality of the gifts, and I was led to pray much about it and for God’s highest will and glory in connection with it.The Apostolic Churchby Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.)
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