Shalom Aleichem "peace be upon you"

The Honorable Chief Rabbi Wentworth Arthur Matthew, zt"l (of blessed memory) in his Minute Book: A Short History Of the work from 1919 to 1942 says: "For the past twenty-three years I have labored to bring men of my race to the saving knowledge of the grace of our God and today, in spite of innumerable difficulties and setbacks, I consider that I have been blessed beyond thousands, for many who began with me have gone the way of the earth, and some in such obscurity as to make it appear that they never existed. Among those who have passed from the stage of action are such luminaries as Booker T. Washington (May he rest in peace); Hubert Harrison; Marcus Garvey-one of the greatest sons of African blood. No other black man has been able to do what he did, yet more lasting will be the peaceful method laid down by Washington, and the Tuskegee Institute will forever stand as a living monument to his illustrious name...Ford; and last but not least...yet an illustrious leader and organizer-Malaku E. Bayen. All these were men of my day...Yet I, of their day, am left to carry on the work of rehabilitation and salvaging of that which was lost. It has taken more than words to have proven to be the Master of this great situation. It has taken constant contact with the source of this eternal calling, even to be alive this day, or I too would have gone the way of all the earth as my contemporaries have. I ask you, therefore, to pray for my preservation." Minute Book, pages 18, 19