bethel

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Sometimes I’m almost persuaded to be converted, and take the boss position in a bethel, all amongst the tea and wimmen-folk.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

The bethel was in itself a very neat affair.

From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings

This over, the place began in earnest its distinctive career. fish island.   seamen’s bethel and sailor’s home.   merchants’ and mechanics’ bank.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 by Various