Object: A scale and some packages of different sizes and weights.

Good morning, children. How are you on this beautiful day? Have you ever played the game called "Telephone"? Someone whispers to you and you whisper it to someone else and by the time it gets to the end of the line it sounds very funny because it is different from when it was first said. That's the way rumors begin and what you hear may not always be true.

When St. Paul preached he hardly ever whispered and his preaching was always based on facts. Let me show you what I mean. I brought with me some packages this morning. Perhaps you can help me because I must take them to the Post Office and they always charge me according to how much my package weighs. How much do you think this one weighs? [Hold up a package.] Ten pounds…