_Burial, Law respecting._--Is there in existence any law rendering
burial in consecrated ground compulsory? Most people have a strong
desire to receive such interment; but some few might prefer to have
their mortal remains deposited in some loved spot, far away from other
graves,--in a scene where many happy hours had been passed. It would be
a very unusual thing; but supposing such a desire to exist, could its
execution be prevented? It is recorded that Manasseh, King of Judah,
"slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house,
in the gardens of Uzza."--2 Kings xxi. 18.