Thy least disciple I

Verse 1
Thy least disciple I
In this tempestuous sea
My business occupy,
And urge my way to thee,
My whole employ, till life is o’re,
To drag the net, and seek the shore.

Verse 2
My partners in the ship,
Master, vouchsafe to bless,
And help us thro’ the deep
Into the port of peace
Us, and whome’er our pains have won
Receive, to feast around thy throne.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The other disciples came in a little ship, dragging the net with fishes.’—[John 21,] v. 8." 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 119.
Publishing: Public Domain