THE TOIL OF TENNIS
Ruth Graham tells the story of the early days of missionary work in China. The missionaries knew the importance of relaxation and built a tennis court of dirt. They played for fun. On one occasion, a group of Chinese gentlemen came calling in the middle of a game. With hands tucked up their sleeves, Oriental fashion, they watched first with interest, then with growing concern. As the game drew to a conclusion and the overheated players, mopping their foreheads, joined their Chinese friends, they were greeted with genuine sympathy. “We were talking among ourselves,” they said, feeling their way so not to offend. “But can you Americans not afford to hire people to bat that ball back and forth for you?”
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