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American statesman Elias Budanot Junior, who lived from seventeen forty to eighteen twenty one, hailed from Elizabeth, New Jersey. Budanaut was an energetic patriot and an elected delegate to the Continental Congress from seventeen seventy seven to seventeen eighty four, serving as its president from seventeen eighty two to seventeen eighty three. Helim run Edwards on Today's page from the Edwards Notebook. Budanat also served three terms in Congress and ten years as Director of the Ment. He was also elected president of the American Bible Society at its founding in eighteen sixteen, and accepting the office, he wrote, quote, this was the greatest honor that could have been conferred upon him this side of the grave. Budunat had an unwavering faith that God had called the men of society to the work of making Bibles available in America. His ten thousand dollars gift, at a time when annual salaries of four hundred dollars was considered good, essentially enabled the formation of the organization of the American Bible Society, which still sponsors the work of Bible translation and distribution around the world. Hopefully, Bible reading and study will once again be commonplace around America, which was founded upon biblical principles. I'm run Edwards. Check out the runtwards dot com