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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Saturday, August 29, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend on mere natural temperament, and the devil wrests them to our hurt. A glowing imagination is apt to seek itself rather than God. But if you are earnest in striving to serve and endure for God&rsquo;s Sake, if you persevere amid temptation, dryness, weariness, and desolation, you may rest assured that your love is real.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndag.htm#Grou\">Jean Nicolas Grou</A> (1731-1803), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndth.htm#HiddenL\"><I>The Hidden Life of the Soul</I></A>, London: Rivingtons, 1870, p. 137");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=I5kEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22We+must+not+measure+the+reality+of+love%22\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.+5:1-2;+John+13:34;+1+Cor.+16:14;+Eph.+4:2,15;+Col.+3:14;+1+Thes.+4:9;+1+Pet.+4:8;+1+John+3:11>Eph. 5:1-2; John 13:34; 1 Cor. 16:14; Eph. 4:2,15; Col. 3:14; 1 Thes. 4:9; 1 Pet. 4:8; 1 John 3:11</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Assurance\">Assurance</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Desolation\">Desolation</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#God\">God</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Illusions\">Illusions</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Imagination\">Imagination</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Love\">Love</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Perseverance\">Perseverance</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Service\">Service</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Strife\">Strife</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Temptation\">Temptation</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Weary\">Weary</A>)");
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