I recall singing one more verse which has the last two lines as '. . . 'Tis finished! ' was His cry, For me, For me! ' Does this bring up a memory in someone else's mind?
Norman (8/13/2012), thanks for composing verse 3b. I agree that the hymn seems to need another verse between 3 & 4 because verse 3 only mentions Jesus on the cross for 3 hrs under the sun, but He was on the cross another 3 hours in the dark.
I called this hymn at our Lord's Table meeting this morning to remember the Lord's death, and we sung it 3 times.
This hymn means so much to me. My late Mum would sing this as a solo at her choir concerts and when she was too frail the choir's conductor would not allow anyone else sing 'For Me'. Her rendition used to move people to tears.