Superintendent of The Church Educational System
In 1888 Maeser was made the superintendent of the Church Educational System.
During this same time Maeser served in the General Superintendency of the Deseret Sunday School Union. He was the Second Assistant to General Superintendent George Q. Cannon from July 1894 to January 1899. He then served as the First Assistant to Cannon from January 1899 until February 1901.
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