The phrase "Methinks" resonates through 18 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Methinks
...Thy love in every line.
Methinks I see a thousand charms
Spread o’er Thy lovely face,...
Thy love in every line.
Methinks I see a thousand charms
Spread o’er Thy lovely face,
...And my kindred its bliss enjoy;
Methinks I now see how they’re waiting for me,
In that beautiful land on high....
And my kindred its bliss enjoy;
Methinks I now see how they’re waiting for me,
In that beautiful land on high.
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Methinks, when in the judgment,
I stand at God’s white throne,...
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Methinks, when in the judgment,
I stand at God’s white throne,
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Methinks I stand upon the rock
Where Balaam stood, and wondering look...
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Methinks I stand upon the rock
Where Balaam stood, and wondering look
...As near to Calvary I pass,
Methinks I see a bloody cross,
Where a poor victim hangs,...
As near to Calvary I pass,
Methinks I see a bloody cross,
Where a poor victim hangs,
...And sing redeeming love,
Methinks I’ll hear the chorus swell,
O precious home above....
And sing redeeming love,
Methinks I’ll hear the chorus swell,
O precious home above.
...And holy words she taught me there;
Methinks I yet can see
Her angel eye, as close I knelt...
And holy words she taught me there;
Methinks I yet can see
Her angel eye, as close I knelt
...The song the bright winged angels sang
Methinks I still can hear:
All glory in the highest be...
The song the bright winged angels sang
Methinks I still can hear:
All glory in the highest be
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Methinks the last great day is come,
I seem to hear the trumpet sound...
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Methinks the last great day is come,
I seem to hear the trumpet sound
...(Alas! what numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Savior say,
Wilt thou forsake Me too?...
(Alas! what numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Savior say,
Wilt thou forsake Me too?
...My hand is on the door.
Methinks I hear the voices
Of loved ones as they stand,...
My hand is on the door.
Methinks I hear the voices
Of loved ones as they stand,
...They cooled the fever and eased the pain,
Methinks I can feel them now.
Oh, those beautiful, beautiful hands!...
They cooled the fever and eased the pain,
Methinks I can feel them now.
Oh, those beautiful, beautiful hands!
...As I have heard of old,
Methinks He should not call in vain
His wanderer to the fold....
As I have heard of old,
Methinks He should not call in vain
His wanderer to the fold.
...And one pure star had crowned the night,
Methinks o’er plains of far Judea,
His heralds’ voices sounded clear,...
And one pure star had crowned the night,
Methinks o’er plains of far Judea,
His heralds’ voices sounded clear,
...Pray only for self while I live,
Methinks I should mourn o’er my sinful neglect,
If sorrow in Heaven can be,...
Pray only for self while I live,
Methinks I should mourn o’er my sinful neglect,
If sorrow in Heaven can be,
...And tremble at Thy word.
Methinks I hear Thy mercy plead,
The voice of Him that wakes the dead...
And tremble at Thy word.
Methinks I hear Thy mercy plead,
The voice of Him that wakes the dead
...’Tis stored above the highest sphere.
Methinks your wisdom guides amiss,
To seek on earth a Christian’s bliss:...
’Tis stored above the highest sphere.
Methinks your wisdom guides amiss,
To seek on earth a Christian’s bliss:
...And dost Thou surely, quickly come?
Methinks I am at home.
Come then, my dearest, dearest Lord,...
And dost Thou surely, quickly come?
Methinks I am at home.
Come then, my dearest, dearest Lord,
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