All the world is silent,
For our Lord does gently sleep,
In the quiet of His earthly tomb
He conquers now the deep.
All the world now stilled,
And waiting with baited breath,
Though given up to be killed
He defeated even death.
Faithful pilgrims keep faithful watch
For the rising of the Son –
For the victory of the eternal Lord,
Eternity thus begun.
Now every Sunday is an Easter,
A remembering of grace –
Every church a Calvary
To remind us we are saved.
