A fisher of men Will others invite

Verse 1
A fisher of men Will others invite,
Each sinew to strain By day and by night,
With close application, The servants of sin
The heirs of salvation For Jesus to win.

Verse 2
But without their Lord Their efforts are vain,
The net of the word Will nothing obtain;
In darkness they labour With sorrow of heart,
One soul, or one neighbour They cannot convert.

Verse 3
Yet Jesus regards Their services past,
And fully rewards His workmen at last,
Their labours he blesses With wonders of grace,
And mighty successes, And sights of his face.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Simon saith unto them, I go a fishing.’—[John 21,] v. 3." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 114.
Publishing: Public Domain