Once a week, through the long winter, they used to meet and sing to John "Aleck's" sounding beat for two or three hours.

They learned to sing, not only the old psalm tunes but psalm tunes never heard in the congregation before, as also hymns and anthems.

The anthems and hymns were, of course, never used in public worship.

They were reserved for the sacred concert which John "Aleck" gave once a year.

It was in the Bible class that he and his fellow enthusiasts found opportunity to sing their new Psalm tunes, with now and then a hymn.