When I was young and we would sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" at church, I wondered about the part, "with a cross-eyed Jesus, going on before".
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy
- When I was little I though "A Cross" was a mud/tar pit and that Jesus drowned.— Usagi Ohkami
- I was convinced that Gorilla soldiers in Vietnam in the 70's were real Gorillas attacking other Soldiers.— Mario
- I used to believe that Jesus lived in the tower of the churchAnon