Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

spondcd promptly, but was so dliildent
that he escaped from the Office before
much business could be transacted. A
few days later, however, the two met
again. and Aiulford's shyness wearing
away by degrees. they came eventually
to know each other we'll. II was through
Alulford's acquaintance with this pub
Usher that THE Bank Of California"
story of much merit, was written for
serial publication. in the newspapers.
II was through him also that Mulfords
general work was introduced In many
parts OF the United States, where 1t had
hitherto been unknown.
Mufords shyness at this time was
truly painful to witness. 1t had SEEM
ingly increased rather than diminished
since his boyhood. and had been inten-
slfied by his bitter experiences on the
Pacific slope and the unfortunate cir
cumstances Of his marriage. for in his
time he had encountered romance as
well as adversely. The situation was
as clear to himself as to any one else,
and he saw plainly that he must over
come his nervousness and dihldcnce or
by these qualities be overthrown So
he went manfully at the task of eradi-
eating them.
II was through his struggles to right
himself that his philosophy came into
being. 1t first took the shape of brief
Foundations for his own guidance.
many OF which were wrought out while
he was living the life of a hermit on the
shore of the Hudson at the foot OF the
Palisades, In 1888. though publication OF
The white Cross Library was not be-
gun till some time later. 1t consisted
of thin. fiat pamphlets. each bearing
title of its own, such as THE God In
Yourself" Force and How to Get It,"
THE Drawing Power of Mind" You
Travel When You Sleep" 1.-The Church
OF Silent Demand" and so on. In all. 70
numbers. now bound up In six volumes.
were Issued Besides he published a
novel, 1.-THE Swamp Angel" and prem
tlce Mulford's story" (autobiographicaD
in book form.
Mulford's essays contain the essence
of all his ponderings during the Won
derfully varied life he lived at sea, on the
tops of the mountains and in the haunts
OF men. They can hardly be termed
religious, though they convey nothing
incompatible with Christianity. nor is his
philosophy entirely in sympathy with
theosophical doctrines, though dealing
Indicated in this article, some treat
chiefly OF material affairs. and this is
wholly consistent since, In Mulfords
view, the spiritual the intellectual and
the material are only different phases
OF the same actually. This is shown
clearly by the motto Thoughts Are
Things" printed at the bottom of each
page of his books. 1t may be added
that while he believed fully in rein
carnation many doctrines that have
been lately attributed to him are en-
tirely foreign to his system and teach
ing.
change began to take place in Null
ford with the formulation OF his philos-
ophy. In 1883 he found a publisher in
the person of Boston gentleman who
entered with hearty sympathy into his
plans The friendship then initiated
grew to be of the most Intimate sort,
and Mulford's intellectual and ethical
growth from that time on was notable.
His physical health and appearance I'M
proved wonderfully also. He wore bet
ter clothes than ever before. He held
his head up and looked all mankind in
the face. In fact. from n man who was
obviously oppressed with such timidity
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| Milford could not conform wholly to
the conventionalities and he spent
'!uDch time away from the haunts of
men. He was especially prone to do this
when he had work to perform on his
( ibrary and he often spent days alone
/ In n boat.
one day late in Nav. 1891. a Glouces-
tor fishing dorv. shaded with n white
| canvas awning was observed to be
of the bays that indent Long Islands
! southern shore. Those who noted 1t took
brief interest In the little craft and
promptly fixed their minds on other
things. Next day the dory was seen
again, still Juggling at the end of its
| anchor chain, now swung this way by
a vagrant zephyr, now that way by the
tidal current. Again there was tran
sient interest and again forgetfulness.
But on the next day, or perchance the
day after that, boatman rowed out to