Are You Doers of the Word?

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1317» (large, left), title «ARE YOU DOERS OF THE WORD?» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials; a thin space before «?», closed up here); under it the epigraph «"Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only."—James 1 : 22.» centred (old-style figures); on the next line «H. R. TRICKETT,» at the left (words — the print ends the name with a comma, kept) and «J. H. FILLMORE.» at the right (music), capitals and small capitals. No meter, no reference line, no running head. The four stanzas are interlinear, four lines between the staves of systems 1–2, numbered «1.»–«4.» in system 1; each stanza is three verse lines, given here as the verse lines of the poem (the staff break falls inside the second verse line: «keep-ers of the / say-ings», «walk-ing in the / footsteps», «com- / mand-ments», «for the / com-ing»; in stanza 3 «mand-ments» is set in a small condensed type). The line «If you be not doers of the word.» follows the four stanza lines once, in one line under the start of system 3, and is sung after every stanza; it is given here once, after stanza 1. «CHORUS.» (bold capitals) stands over the treble in the middle of system 3; the chorus words are printed once, one line for all voices, and are given here once, after stanza 1. The words in parentheses, «(of the word)?», are the echo of alto, tenor and bass while the soprano holds its note; they stand inside the line, exactly where the print has them. Stanza 2, second verse line: a comma-shaped sort is printed before «Are» («brothers? ,Are you») — kept as printed. Stanza 3: a blot after «tell» and a speck after «O» are not punctuation. Syllable hyphens are joined («do-ers», «keep-ers», «say-ings», «walk-ing», «com-mand-ments», «look-ing», «com-ing», «pro-fes-sions», «build-ing», «feel-ings», «ex-pec-ta-tions», «hear-ing», «with-out», «do-ing», «bless-ing»). The print sets a thin space before «?», «!» and «;» («brothers ?», «brothers !», «vain ;»); it is closed up here; curly quotes are written straight. Under the music, centred: «From "Grateful Praise," by permission.» and the page number «528». Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («word» lower-case in the song, «Word» in the epigraph; «Lord»; «Christ»).

Source

The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)

Where

Bible Songs — Scriptures, Law, Sabbath · No. 1317 · printed page 528

Checked

score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-06

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