We nothing catch with all our care

Verse 1
We nothing catch with all our care,
Till He bestow the power:
And then we still unable are
To draw the net to shore:
The souls inclos’d in Jesus’ net
He helps us to bring on,
And by his influence to compleat
The work his grace begun.

Verse 2
Sinners drawn forth out of the deep
Of sin and misery,
Lord, thro’ thy only name we keep
Till we present to Thee;
We build them up in holiness,
In humble faith and love,
And bring them to that blisful place,
And land them safe above.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Peter went up, and drew the net to land.’—[John 21,] v. 11." 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 120.
Publishing: Public Domain