 Tibbett gratefully responded to Burleigh, of all the letters of praise I received, yours means most to me. You who stand so high in the esteem of the colored race, as well as in the esteem of my own race, you saw the inner significance of the work, and that was lacking in most everyone else's analysis. When I shared Tibbett's recording of Standing in the Need of Prayer with George Shirley, I received a remarkable response.