*** Source: Trinity Church, San Jose, California: Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903. San Jose, Calif.: Trinity Parish Guild, 1903. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 14--- and from other offerings in church on Sunday mornings. At present, the only debt resting on the parish for cur- rent expenses is one hundred dollars, which would be nearly or quite canceled if all dues were paid into the treasury. Besides this sum of $2300, raised for current expenses, this parish has done nobly and well; and many must have given, not out of their abundance but from their little, in a true spirit of self-sacrifice. There has been raised to pay off the debt which rested on the church, $1061, the amount of the Easter offering; and notes amounting to $300 have been canceled. For improve- ments on the church building, $652 was raised by sub- scription and $100 by the Guild. Of this sum $150 still remains unexpended, with which to recarpet the church. The total amount in cash raised for all purposes dur- ing the year is $5154.65. This note is appended to the report: "We have done very little for diocesan or domestic missions on account of our own debts and pressing needs. We must strive to do more for these objects in the future." A bright little item in the issue of the Pacific Churchman for April 13th, 1872, headed, "Good news from San Jose," reads as follows: "That others may be encour- aged by our example and may rejoice with us at this happy Eastertide, please tell your readers that the con- gregation of Trinity Church, San Jose, made an offering on Easter morning of $1061 for clearing off a debt that has rested upon the parish for nine years. No sub- scriptions were solicited. The rector urged upon all to make this the object of their Lenten self-denial, and to bring their offerings upon Easter morning. The result has surprised us all and made our hearts very glad. The average attendance at the Lenten services, held every Wednesday and Friday evening and every evening in Holy Week, has been about fifty. We all feel much *** end ***