"All Christians Who Have Been Baptized"

Many years ago, I wrote about some melisma'd "forever"s in "All Christians Who Have Been Baptized."  When I wrote about the Biblical sources for the hymn last year, I found a couple more features to note.

Near the end of the first verse, there's the line "The gifts He gives to ev'ryone," sung to this phrase from the tune "Nun freut euch":

The three syllables of "ev'ryone" are each sung to a different pitch (A G F), and this gives a sense of that breadth.

There's a similar feature in the third verse.  In the middle, there are the lines "The water of your Baptism day / Restored again whatever / Old Adam and his sin destroyed."  The line "Restored again whatever" is sung to this phrase:

"Whatever" is sung with a melisma, and each syllable is sung to a different pitch (G D E F).  This too gives a sense of breadth.