Drayton Beauchamp.
_North Side of Churchyards._--Your correspondents seem to be agreed as to
the facts, not as to the origin of the objection. I suspect MR. HAWKER
(Vol. ii., p. 253.) is nearest the truth; and the following, from
_Coverdale on Praying for the Dead_, may help to strengthen his conjecture:
"As men die, so shall they arise: _if in faith_ in the Lord _towards
the south_, they need no prayers; they are presently happy, and shall
arise in glory: _if in unbelief_ without the Lord _towards the north_,
then are they past all hope."