1859 Council Proceedings Church of the Puritans, NYC, Abolitionist Schism

Anderson, Finley [stenographer]. Proceedings of a Council of Congregational Churches, relative to the privileges of members of the Church of the Puritans, New York. New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1859. First Edition. [6107] Bound in lavender library cloth, gilt title to front, gilt call number to spine. 9 1/2 x 6 inches, 92 pp., ink historical society stamp on tp. Good. Hardcover. In May of 1858 Dr. Cheever, of the Church of the Puritans in NYC, preached at the anniversary gathering of the American Abolition Society a sermon entitled, The Fire and Hammer of God's Word against the Sin of Slavery. The Society had it printed up and distributed. In it he offered a scathing rebuke of the Dred Scott case, the constitutionality of chattel slavery, and the denial of citizenship to Negros.  These are examples of the views which led to a disruption in his church.The abolitionist agitations of Dr. Cheever offended members of his congregation. He was called upon by some to resign, the rules