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The poem is a lyrical, devotional ode celebrating the divine and human character of Jesus Christ, emphasizing His love, compassion, sacrifice, wisdom, guidance, and sovereignty. Spanning seven stanzas, it uses vivid imagery and a reverent tone to depict Jesus as the eternal Savior who offers the free gift of salvation through His sacrificial death on the cross. Key themes include:

  • Divine Majesty and Love: Jesus is portrayed as a radiant, heavenly figure (“heaven’s song,” “prism of eternal grace”) whose boundless love shines like “starfire woven into dawn.”
  • Sacred Sacrifice: His crucifixion is central, with His “sacred blood” described as a “ruby stream” that cleanses humanity’s sins, offering salvation as a costly yet freely given gift.
  • Compassion and Mercy: Jesus’ tender compassion (“like a summer breeze”) heals the broken and calls the lost, reflecting His kind and forgiving heart.
  • Wisdom and Guidance: As a wise Shepherd, He illuminates life’s paths (“lantern’s glow”) and guides souls through strife with steadfast love.
  • Intercessory Role: He is depicted as an intercessor, pleading from “heaven’s throne” with “holy fire” to redeem sinners.
  • Eternal Triumph: His resurrection and eternal reign as “King of kings” are celebrated, spanning from Bethlehem to the heavens, where His divine majesty is worshipped.
  • Personal Connection: The poem concludes with Jesus as Savior, Friend, and Guide, whose love is the “pulse of endless life” for believers

O Jesus, Thou art heaven’s song, a splendor pure and bright,
Thy name, a prism of eternal grace, refracts celestial light.
Like starfire woven into dawn, Thy love does softly gleam,
A tide of mercy, boundless, deep, fulfilling every dream.

On Calvary’s cross, Thy sacred blood, a ruby stream, did pour,
Each crimson drop, a costly gift, to open heaven’s door.
In lowly form, the Word made flesh, Thou trod with dust-stained feet,
Yet every step a hymn of love, where heaven and earth do meet.

Thy compassion, like a summer breeze, does soothe the aching soul,
Thy tender eyes, with tears of care, make broken spirits whole.
The outcast, weary, scarred by sin, Thy gentle voice does call,
With whispered hope, Thou bidst them rise, redeeming one and all.

O Forgiver, vast as oceans wide, Thy mercy knows no shore,
Each fault, though heavy, finds release through grace forevermore.
Thy wisdom, like a lantern’s glow, illuminates the way,
Through tangled paths of doubt and fear, to everlasting day.

Thou Shepherd true, with patient hand, dost guide through storm and strife,
Thy rod and staff, a steadfast love, restore the fainting life.
In quiet glades or raging seas, Thy presence never wanes,
A rock, a refuge, radiant peace, where joy forever reigns.

O Intercessor, crowned with light, who pleads from heaven’s throne,
Thy prayers, a bridge of holy fire, claim sinners as Thine own.
Thy resurrection’s triumph sings through time’s unyielding span,
The Morning Star, the King of kings, the Savior of all man.

From Bethlehem’s cradle to the skies where angel choirs adore,
Thy majesty, a throne divine, we worship evermore.
O Jesus Christ, beauty of all worlds, our hearts in Thee abide,
Thy love, the pulse of endless life, our Savior, Friend, and Guide.