*** 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 19--- Foote in the Church services. For years there had always appeared at the Christmas and Easter festivals, a little white vision with snowy locks and vestments, mov- ing gently and quietly among the Christmas greens or the Easter lilies. The active years of his life had been passed in the other parishes, but he brought to Trinity a beauty and loveliness of personality that left a lasting impress upon the lives of those who knew him. Rev. John B. Wakefield entered upon his duties as rector in November, 1884. During his rectorship impor- tant improvements were made in the church building and in the interior furnishing of the church. The bell tower was raised and finished with a spire, and the little Eng- lish porch was built. The Altar, Altar Cross and vases, a new Communion set, the alms basin, the Chancel chairs, the lecturn and the pulpit, were all given as memorials or as Christmas and Easter offerings by Sunday School classes. A real source of inspiration in the church life, during the earlier years of Rev. John B. Wakefield's admininstra- tion, was the Bible class under the supervision of Mrs. Isabella Wakefield. Even in trying weather there were seldom vacant seats in the vestry room where the class assembled on Sunday mornings. Those who had the privilege of being members of this class, gained, through the enthusiasm and earnest endeavor of Mrs. Wakefield, an interest in the books of the Bible, and an insight into their meaning, that only those who give knowledge with love can impart. Through the untiring effort of Mrs. Wakefield, the sum of four thousand dollars was raised toward the erection of the Parish House, in which there is a tablet bearing an inscription to her memory. The rose window was the gift of Edward Williams, who served so long and faith- fully as vestryman of the church. *** end ***