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How I Used the Truth
HARRIET EMILIE CADY (b. 1848) was a true holistic pioneer. As one of the first doctors of homeopathic medicine in New York City, this home-spun practitioner and metaphysician treated her patients medically and spiritually. Her unique approach was simple, clear and deeply rooted in her own experience. While Cady studied with renowned "New Thought" teachers of the day, she remained an unwaveringly spiritual independent. In this inspired volume, first published in 1916, she demonstrates that one's life can be transformed by the power of thoughts and beliefs, while encouraging readers to find truth as it is written in one's own heart and to apply these truths in every area of life.
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125 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1968
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February 24, 2014
I am fortunate enough to have one of the original hard bound versions of this book. My father gave it to me when I was a teenager. It has his handwritten notes, yellow highlights, pencil and pen writing throughout - he used this book. Also, crayon marks where one of us kids must’ve gotten hold to it!
For the last 60+ years, my father has played piano for our local Baptist Church. As a small child, I would listen (or more appropriately doodle through) the weekly sermons. At that age, what worries could I possibly have that would necessitate any spiritual introspection? Besides being “forced” to read this book, as a teen, I really had no clue for what Cady was trying to relay. When I moved away from home, I packed the book along with the five or six others in my “library”, and left to be married to my high school sweetheart. On the shelf it sat for a couple of years.
Very quickly, life began to strike its blows. Those first years would easily fit the classic tale of young love… matrimonially blissful but financially bankrupt. Not knowing how to improve my circumstance, and visiting home one Sunday we went to church. I listened intently, now realizing why old-school Saints say “Amen”, but the message didn’t give me any answers for the tests I was facing.
After church, and a good home-cooked meal, my dad asked me about this book. He told me that answers I needed were in the pages. This time he suggested I read it, and on my own accord I immediately went home and devoured the pages.
Cady is one of the first of this genre of authors that I began to study. Along with Catherine Ponder, Robert Collier, Wallace Wattles, James Allen, Prentice Mulford and others I began to build a success library of the classics. Cady was a trailblazer with these types of books this one being originally published in 1916. She was connected to Unity and Charles Fillmore and I am sure at the time from both a religious and gender standpoint this type of message was controversial coming from her.
As a Christian, “How I Used Truth” laid a deeper and broader foundation for how God intended for us to live prosperous, well-balanced lives. It was news to me that I had been created in his image, and thus had the power to influence the outcomes in my life. I had always seen God as an external force, watching and waiting for us to crumble but not reaching down to help. It was only as I began to read books of this nature along with the Bible that a broader perspective was opened up to me. The power of necessity meeting maturity.
The most impactful chapters were “Finding the Christ in Ourselves”, “All Sufficiency In All Things” and “The Spoken Word”. Cady masterfully lays out the process for understanding and utilizing our divinity and how to work with God. There is no doubt that works such as these are the foundation of many of our modern-day churches.
Do not mistake this for a simple “prosperity message” but more a guide to living a well-balanced life – connected to God.
The book is holding up but well-worn from time and use…one generation to the next. While my children are grown and have had me and my father as “living witnesses”, I will eventually pass this down. For now, I intend to read it again.
If you are fortunate enough to find this book…I would strongly suggest reading it. It is a Top 10 book in my library and one that changed the course of my life.
For the last 60+ years, my father has played piano for our local Baptist Church. As a small child, I would listen (or more appropriately doodle through) the weekly sermons. At that age, what worries could I possibly have that would necessitate any spiritual introspection? Besides being “forced” to read this book, as a teen, I really had no clue for what Cady was trying to relay. When I moved away from home, I packed the book along with the five or six others in my “library”, and left to be married to my high school sweetheart. On the shelf it sat for a couple of years.
Very quickly, life began to strike its blows. Those first years would easily fit the classic tale of young love… matrimonially blissful but financially bankrupt. Not knowing how to improve my circumstance, and visiting home one Sunday we went to church. I listened intently, now realizing why old-school Saints say “Amen”, but the message didn’t give me any answers for the tests I was facing.
After church, and a good home-cooked meal, my dad asked me about this book. He told me that answers I needed were in the pages. This time he suggested I read it, and on my own accord I immediately went home and devoured the pages.
Cady is one of the first of this genre of authors that I began to study. Along with Catherine Ponder, Robert Collier, Wallace Wattles, James Allen, Prentice Mulford and others I began to build a success library of the classics. Cady was a trailblazer with these types of books this one being originally published in 1916. She was connected to Unity and Charles Fillmore and I am sure at the time from both a religious and gender standpoint this type of message was controversial coming from her.
As a Christian, “How I Used Truth” laid a deeper and broader foundation for how God intended for us to live prosperous, well-balanced lives. It was news to me that I had been created in his image, and thus had the power to influence the outcomes in my life. I had always seen God as an external force, watching and waiting for us to crumble but not reaching down to help. It was only as I began to read books of this nature along with the Bible that a broader perspective was opened up to me. The power of necessity meeting maturity.
The most impactful chapters were “Finding the Christ in Ourselves”, “All Sufficiency In All Things” and “The Spoken Word”. Cady masterfully lays out the process for understanding and utilizing our divinity and how to work with God. There is no doubt that works such as these are the foundation of many of our modern-day churches.
Do not mistake this for a simple “prosperity message” but more a guide to living a well-balanced life – connected to God.
The book is holding up but well-worn from time and use…one generation to the next. While my children are grown and have had me and my father as “living witnesses”, I will eventually pass this down. For now, I intend to read it again.
If you are fortunate enough to find this book…I would strongly suggest reading it. It is a Top 10 book in my library and one that changed the course of my life.
November 21, 2017
If you are really serious about living a life of significance and relevance, a life that is clearly yours and not for another, then get this book.
This Woman is a real Gem to Humanity.
What she offers will surely help anybody live an amazing life filled with greatness and gratitude rather than regrets.
I will forever be grateful I came across her work.
This Woman is a real Gem to Humanity.
What she offers will surely help anybody live an amazing life filled with greatness and gratitude rather than regrets.
I will forever be grateful I came across her work.
September 20, 2023
I prize Cady's humility in her work, especially her confessions of how long some things can take when there is a spiritual lesson to be learned.
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