"Before his conversion, himself and several other young men, of like tastes and habits, used to meet weekly at one another's houses, in turn, for card-playing and carousing; and at these meetings he used to be the very life of the party, the gayest of the gay.  But what should he do now?  It would be no easy matter to confess to his young associates the change that had taken place in his heart.  What would they think and say?  Perhaps he might let it get known by degrees, and then he could just absent himself from the old gatherings, and merely drop out of a society no longer congenial to him.  This would save him a great deal of shame and reproach.  Would not this be as much as could be reasonably expected of him, and sufficient to show his sincerity and consistency? It might have satisfied ordinary characters, but it did not satisfy him. He wanted to be doing something at once for the Master, and to begin with those very young men who had been his companions in sin.  So he sent round his printed invitations to every one of them to a gathering in his own house.  Such had been the custom with all the members of their fraternity.  But this time the invitation was no longer to `Tea and Cards,' but to `Tea and Prayer.'  It was, indeed, a bold stroke, but it was not the act of the moment from mere impulse or excitement.