"The People That in Darkness Sat"

When I transcribed "The People That in Darkness Sat" about two weeks ago, I noticed a small connection between the text and the tune to which it's sung ("Lobt Gott, ihr Christen").  The second verse is:

To hail Thee, Sun of Righteousness,
The gath'ring nations come;
They joy as when the reapers bear
Their harvest treasures home,
Their harvest treasures home.

Both times, "home" is sung to an F note:

Since the tune is in F major, that F note is the tonic - or "home" - note.  The word "home" in the text is sung to the pitch that's the musical home of the tune.