Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads]  of my “chains”, tho (sic) it is so long ago I cannot remember when, has not yet worn off. My salvation is that I think neither of God or eternity. The present! The past & the future are alike nothing. / To Austins for supper. On way Austin & I have a discussion of Christianity. His life must always be a lie, hypocricy (sic); for he has discarded from his mind the formalistic principals of Christianity yet, lacking sufficient strength of character, must go on professing a belief