Let Peace Then Still The Strife Songtext
von Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square

Let peace, then, still the strife, the loneliness and grief
Calm heal the piercing silence of passing
And sweet familiar strains the voices lost in death
Arise in songs of hope everlasting
Then let the voices roll as waves upon the sea
Come forth and break upon us refreshing

And barren calls be filled, overflow with revelry
Let mem′ry sound that gilead's glad blessing
And all the lonely still, let tender rills spring within
That breaking hearts not yield to forgetting
For hearts rent wide at death, unfolded to our dead
Hear singing from beyond sunlight′s setting


Then sing, beloved ones, reach o'er the summer sea
Pour forth thy boundless love for us living
Sweep into ev'ry soul, make music of our tears
Turn all our songs to joy and thanksgiving
And when in silent mass from far across the sea
Let praises ring for life′s wondrous blessing

Then sing, ye living souls, sing, generations past
Swell high the tide of life us refreshing
Sing forth as with one voice, pale and silent grief of pain
Rise up with peace and hope everlasting
And all who wait and sing, see far from earth and heav′n
And make our crossing flow joyful passing

And make our crossing flow joyful passing
Amen