Another piece of the puzzle falls into place. Apparently he wanted it that way ! (You might want to see yesterday's post.)"When the rites had been achieved, the crowd without the gates was suffered to enter by batches and see the grave; and then the coffin was covered with mould of a softer texture than the marly stratum in which the grave is cut.
"This was done in studious and affectionate fulfilment of a desire of Dr Newman's which some may deem fanciful, but which sprang from his reverence for the letter of the Divine Word; which, as he conceived, enjoins us to facilitate rather than impede the operation of the law 'Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return'."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4897912.ece
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