08/20/1914
graphite pencil on lined paper
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
not each man worship God in his own way? Why should not each man have his own God. When man holds communion with God, let him do when alone. If my neighbor selects one day out of the week to pay his homage to God, why need I? If my neighbor kneels, when he prays, why need I kneel, or indeed pray? I am inclined to believe when men kneel together, it is not so much to show God their reverence, but to show each other they have (?) such a reverence. Concern over a fellow man’s opinion of our way of showing reverence to God, takes ev-