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The editors observed that "the religious forces of America" had an "immense auxiliary. . . in the religious press."
143 denominations in the U.S. had 111,000 ministers and 1,138 newspapers, mostly weekly in their publications. The number of copies of each issue totaled 4,216,242. The Ram’s Horn in 1893 had a circulation of 4,200, a circulation that in 1896 had grown to 52,000. (Our Day, February 1896)
The Ram's Horn published the following table:
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Papers |
Circulation |
| Baptists |
146
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369,600
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| Christian |
22
|
39,710
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| Congregationalists |
29
|
103,235
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| Disciples of Christ |
15
|
88,770
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| Friends |
8
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32,230
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| Jewish |
47
|
115,730
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| Lutheran |
52
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148,499
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| Methodists |
120
|
600,650
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| Presbyterians |
63
|
290,410
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| Protestant Episcopal |
62
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134,255
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| Reformed Church |
16
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31,680
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| Roman Catholic |
153
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615,340
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| Unitarian |
3
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6,580
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| United Brethren |
14
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27,655
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(Table reproduced from The
Ram's Horn, vol. VII, no.
30, July 25, 1896, p.2)
The interdenominational papers were the largest, with a combined circulation of 1,350,000.
Of these interdenominational papers, The Ram's Horn ranked fifth. The editors looked forward to the day when The Ram's Horn" would be in the vanguard of interdenominational papers.
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