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- 1 2 Bell, E. Jay (1994). "The Windows of Heaven Revisited: The 1899 Tithing Reformation". Journal of Mormon History. Mormon History Association, University of Illinois Press. 20 (1): 45–83. JSTOR 23286314.
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