---
title: 'The Universal Book'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Bunyan Shearer'
date: 1891-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Natural Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 9'
- 'Isaiah 11'
- 'Habakkuk 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shearer-1891-the-universal-book
---

# The Universal Book

Argues the Bible is the 'Universal Book'—both human and divine—and the foundational source for facts, principles, and social order. Defends Scripture's authority against rationalism.

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