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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Monday, September 7, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">That fear which keeps from sin and excites the soul to cleave more firmly to God, be the object of it what it will, is no servile fear, but a holy fear and due reverence unto God and His word.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndan.htm#Owen\">John Owen</A> (1616-1683), IV.5 in <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndtd.htm#Discourse\"><I>A Discourse Concerning Holy Spirit</I>, bk. I-V</A> [1674], in <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndtt.htm#WorksOwen3\"><I>Works of John Owen</I>, v. III</A>, London: Johnson &amp; Hunter, 1852, p. 461");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=Q71ZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA461&dq=%22That+fear+which+keeps+from+sin+and+excites%22\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Prov.+16:6;+Matt.+10:28;+Luke+12:4-5;+2+Cor.+5:10-11>Prov. 16:6; Matt. 10:28; Luke 12:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:10-11</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#Fear\">Fear</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#God\">God</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#Holiness\">Holiness</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Reverence\">Reverence</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Sin\">Sin</A>)");
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