Olney (ol-nee)[2] is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, South East England, United Kingdom.[3] It is also part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, with a population of around 6,500 people.[4] It is a popular tourist destination, perhaps best known for the Olney Pancake Race[2] and for the Olney Hymns by William Cowper and John Newton. (Wikipedia)

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. (Wikipedia)

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