Sung by a mixed quartet from the organ gallery, they were the only musical elements in the service, which was otherwise spoken.
This was "the normal tone of metrical psalmody in Anglican churches before the influence of the Tractarian movement made itself felt".
[3] The church was closed for restoration in 1840, and when it re-opened in 1842 it was decided that a regular choral service should be resumed, and a choir of six men and eight boys was recruited.
[4] Warne, not familiar with the choral service and not used to organizing regular practice, was retired on full salary in 1843[5] and succeeded by Edward John Hopkins.
[6] From December 1943 Warne continued as an organist in Yarmouth, where he was noted for his interludes and improvisations played between the verses of the hymns.