Death has seldom been more common place than it is today, but the Church of England's clergy are worried by a morbid attitude toward it. Last week the Convocation of Canterbury (a routine meeting) deplored the "unfortunate tendency to sentimentalize death." And, in so doing, they pointed up the growing popularity of cremation.
Said the Rev. Wilfrid R. Johnson of Truro: "People in these days 'pass away' or 'reach port.' They do not die. Sentimentality is spreading and it is encouraged by the action of scattering of ashes. . . . People will give...
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