Object: An apple
Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever played the silly game where you twist the stem of an apple while you say the alphabet (twist stem)--A,B,C,D,E,F. Then at the place in the alphabet where the stem breaks, whatever letter it breaks on, that is the first initial of the person you will some day marry. For example, if a girl's stem breaks on "D" she might marry someone named Don, or David, or Dick. That's a silly superstiti…
Dynamic Preaching, Collected Sermons, by King Duncan