Salvation is a short story by Langston Hughes about an experience he had at church He and his aunt are at a church revival and after weeks of singing, and saving sinners, an event is held specifically for children. He is asked by the pastor along with other kids in the church to come to Jesus and be saved. His aunt takes him aside and tells him what it is to experience the love of Jesus. She says how Jesus shows himself in a bright light. Langston believes what she said and wants to see it for himself. The pastor sings a song about one little lamb that is left out in the cold, and he asks that the little lamb come forward. Almost all the kids go to the pastor, leaving only Langston and his friend Whestley on the mourner's bench. Both say to one other that they don’t see or feel anything. Whestley decides to claim that he has seen Jesus because he is bored and ready to go. Langston sits and waits because he wants to see Jesus like his aunt said he would but nothing is happening and he feels as though he is wasting everyone’s time. Eventually he lies and says he has been saved which pleases his aunt and the other members of the church .they go home and that night he lays in bed and cries because he had lied to everyone. His aunt thinks he is crying because he was saved but in actuality he is crying because he feels bad and he really wanted to see that light and Jesus