How I Used Truth

by H. Emilie Cady

Because of the oft-repeated requests of many friends who have been helped by reading the various booklets and magazine articles of the author, it has seemed best to publish them all under one cover, to offer a convenient way for readers to have the helps always at hand. The papers that make up this volume have been written from time to time as a result of practical daily experience. In none of them is there anything occult or mysterious; neither has there been any attempt at literature. Each chapter is very plain and simple.
In revising the articles herein contained, there have been a few nonessential changes; yet the principle and its application remain the same. Truth is that which is so, and it can never change. Every true statement here is as true and as workable today as it was when these papers were written. We ask no one to believe that which is here written simply because it is presented as Truth. "Prove all things" for yourself; it is possible to prove every statement in this book. Every statement here given was proved before it was written. No person can solve another's problem for him. Each must work out his own salvation. Here are some effectual rules, suggestions, and helps thereto; but results that one obtains from them will depend on how faithfully and persistently one uses the helps given.
The author is grateful for the many words of appreciation that have come to her from time to time. These words are encouraging to one who is trying to solve her own life's problems, as you are trying to solve yours, by the teachings of the Master.
Lessons in Truth, because of its effective helpfulness, has been sought for and published in eleven languages; also in embossed point for the blind: Let us hope that this book, now sent forth with the same object -- that of being a practical living help in daily life -- may meet a like fate.

Genres: Spirituality

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2014

Reviews

[Brandon Clay · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Chukwuma · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.