When Jesus gives the word

When Jesus gives the word,
And doth their labours bless,
The prosperous servants of the Lord
Admire their own success:
Appointed and employ’d
By Christ, his hand they own,
And all their fruit ascribe to God,
And praise his name alone.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.’—John 21, v. 6." 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 117.
Publishing: Public Domain