"Scatter the Darkness, Break the Gloom"

I don't think I've ever sung "Scatter the Darkness, Break the Gloom," but while I was writing my post on the Biblical sources, I found a few musical features to note.  The hymn is sung to the tune "Besançon."  Here's the first musical phrase:

The second verse begins:  "Bearing the standard from on high."  "High" is sung to the highest pitch, and this gives a sense of the word's meaning.

The second musical phrase:

In the third verse, the text here is "Trumpets, sound throughout the world!"  "Throughout" is sung with a melisma, and each syllable is sung to a different pitch (C# B A), and both of these features illustrate that breadth.

The fourth line of the first verse is "Hope and peace for all tomorrows," sung to this phrase:

"All" is sung with a melisma (F# G), giving something of a sense of entirety.