"From Heaven Above to Earth I Come"

Last November, I listened to a box set of Bach's organ works performed by Peter Hurford.  While listening to "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her," BWV 700, I was thinking about "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come" (the text that accompanies the original tune) and noticed a small feature.

Here are the first two musical phrases:

In Lutheran Worship, the text here in the first verse is "From heav'n above to earth I come / To bring good news to ev'ryone!"  (The text is from Luke 2:10:  "And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.'")  The three syllables of "ev'ryone" are each sung to a different pitch (G F E), musically giving something of a sense of breadth.

Of the three main hymnals I have, this is unique to Lutheran Worship.  The Lutheran Hymnal and The Lutheran Service Book both have "From heav'n above to earth I come / To bear good news to ev'ry home."