Religious Journalism in the Nineteenth Century

A 1926 an article appearing in The Outlook claimed: "Less than one hundred years ago the religious journals had more influence than any other papers in this country. In 1830 the circulation of church papers in New York City exceeded the circulation of all secular periodicals. The church press maintained its important position all through the nineteenth century."

Source

"The Church Press," The Outlook 143, no. 3 (May 19, 1926), 90-91. (The quotation comes from page 90); reprinted as "The Church Press," The Living Message 4, no. 21 (May 27, 1926), 329, 332.