"To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord"

Last week, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from the 13th, in which the hymn was "To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord."  I've written about this hymn before, but I noticed an-other small feature in it.

Near the end of the sixth verse, there's the line "And they are lost forever," referring to "those who cast aside / This grace so freely given" from earlier in the verse.  It's sung to this musical phrase from the tune "Christ, unser Herr":

"Forever" is sung with a melisma (Eb F Eb D C), lending a sense of this extended duration.