Introduction

Biography

Morck, a Lu­ther­an min­is­ter, was a gra­du­ate of Au­gus­ta­na Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege in Cam­rose. He served as a mis­sion­ary in South Am­eri­ca; as of 1966, he was in Bo­go­ta, Co­lomb­ia.

He served on the edi­to­ri­al staff of the Lu­ther­an Synod of Co­lom­bia which trans­lat­ed the hym­nal in­to Span­ish: They took 8–9 years to trans­late the lyr­ics, and two more to pre­pare the mu­sic.