Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 14 April 1888
Provo City, Utah,
President Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother,
Your letter of April 10, notifying me of my appointment as a mem-
ber of the General Board of Education for the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter day Saints, was received this morning and perused by me
with great satisfaction.
For many years has it been the chief aim of my educational ef-
forts to formulate a scholastic system founded upon and pene-
trated by the principles and spirit of the Latter day Work. These
efforts, although enjoying in some measure the approval of
the Authorities, have necessarily been confined to a limited
sphere and could not claim a general recognition from
the church. Your intentions, however, as expressed to me
previously, and the steps taken in this regard by the
Quorum of the Twelve, unanimously sustained by the
General Conference, demonstrate to me the fact, that
my hopes for the coming of this eventful epoch in our
church history have not been in vain, and I feel almost
to exclaim with Simon of old: "O Lord, now lettest
Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for [etc. etc. etc.] [Luke 2:29-30]
Thanking you for the confidence placed in
