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Salvation

Langston Hughes’s childhood memoir, “Salvation” begins with a seemingly contradictory statement: “I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved”. He was saved simply because he stood up at his aunt’s church revival for children, but his true heart was not saved. In fact, he gets emotionally hurt by being falsely “saved”, becoming agnostic. His devout aunt always tells Langston that once he is saved, his life would be different with Jesus and God being with him from that moment. As a Christian myself, I believe in this statement, but I also understand that to non – believers, it sounds like an old cliché with people from church saying it to make people come to their church. They coax the non- believers saying that his life would be completely different once they become members of the church, and they would see Jesus in their soul and life. They, however, always hesitate to mention that one cannot be saved just by coming to church, and even he comes to church......


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