# Rapture! **Verse 1** The days may yet grow darker, The nights more weary grow And Jesus may still tarry, But this one thing I know The Lord will still grow dearer, And fellowship will be The closer and the sweeter, Between my Lord and me. **Verse 2** 'Tis our dear Lord we wait for Our Hope! Our Joy! Our Friend! Himself we long to welcome, And just beyond the bend Hidden, perchance to meet us Before the day is done, The waiting will be over And heaven will have begun. --- Meter: 7.6.7.6.D Tune: Ewing Earliest Known Publication: *The Dawn* vol 1, no 1, April 16, 1924 edited by D. M. Panton Hymnals: - *Songs and Hymns of Life*: - *Hymns*: 710 - *Christ in Song*: 448 - *Hymns for the Little Flock*: