Olney Hymns: in three books. I. On select texts of Scripture.: II. On occasional subjects. III. On the progress and changes of the spiritual life, By William Cowper, and an introductory by James Montgomery(4 November 1771 - 30 April 1854) was a Scottish-b

The Olney Hymns were first published in February 1779 and are the combined work of curate John Newton (1725-1807) and his poet friend, William Cowper (1731-1800). The hymns were written for use in Newton's rural parish, which was made up of relatively poor and uneducated followers. The Olney Hymns are an illustration of the potent ideologies of the Evangelical movement, to which both men belonged, present in many communities in England at the time. The Olney Hymns were very popular; by 1836...