Jesus the child by growing shews

Jesus the child by growing shews
That still He in his members grows,
His body here receives increase
In faith, and love, and holiness:
No instantaneous starts we find,
But more and more of Jesus’ mind,
Till our full stature we attain,
And rise into a perfect man.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The child grew.'—[Luke 2,] v. 40.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 83-84.
Publishing: Public Domain