"The Saints in Christ Are One in Every Place"

I was looking at "The Saints in Christ Are One in Every Place" last week and noticed a small musical feature in it.  The hymn is sung to the tune "Woodlands."  Here's the last musical phrase:

In the third verse, the text here is "Then be with Christ, to live forevermore."  "Forevermore" is sung to a total of nine beats, the most of any word in the entire hymn, and this length provides a sense of the word's meaning.

"Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord"

About a year ago, I sang "Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord" in church and noticed something about the last phrase:

(The tune is "Woodlands.")

The last two lines of the hymn (in the fourth verse) are "Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord / To children's children and forevermore!"  "Forevermore" is sung to the last four notes:  a quarter note (D), a dotted half note (E), a quarter note (D), and a whole note (D), for a total of nine beats.  "Forevermore" is held longer than any other word in the hymn, providing a sense of duration.