Coalville Times | 1901-03-22 | Page 6 | Burial with Heads to West

llurUI wllh lleatli lo VVnt. Tha custom of burying tba deid with tholr heads to the west originated In early times, whon tho peoplo gsnersl-ly gsnersl-ly believed In corporeal or bodily resurrection. They had an tdta that Inasmuch ns the star that heralded Christ's coming first appeared In tho east, "Judgment Day" would ba ushered ush-ered In with the lxrU's appearance In, tha aanie direction, They aupposed that when thoy "arose from the dead" that, having been burled with, head to tha west, they would stand facing Him whose mission it will ba to proclaim tho reward or punishment of tks good or tbe depraved.