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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Wednesday, October 14, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">The &ldquo;great&rdquo; commitment is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one&mdash;and can all too easily shut our hearts to the latter. A willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice can be associated with, and even produce, a great hardness of heart.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndag.htm#Hammarskjold\">Dag Hammarskj&ouml;ld</A> (1905-1961), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndtm.htm#Markings\"><I>Markings</I></A>, tr. Leif Sj&ouml;berg &amp; W. H. Auden, (<A HREF=\"cqodndaa.htm#Auden\">q.v.</A>), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 (post.), p. 131");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=99AjasnlrPwC&q=%22a+great+hardness+of+heart%22\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Phil.+3:17-19;+Jer.+6:16;+1+Cor.+10:32-33;+11:1;+Phil.+4:9;+1+Thess.+1:6;+2+Thess.+3:9;+Heb.+12:1;+13:7>Phil. 3:17-19; Jer. 6:16; 1 Cor. 10:32-33; 11:1; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 1:6; 2 Thess. 3:9; Heb. 12:1; 13:7</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Commitment\">Commitment</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#Heart\">Heart</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Obedience\">Obedience</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Sacrifice\">Sacrifice</A>)");
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