What does langston think it means to be saved?

The narrator is recalling a time when he was 12 and attended a church revival, the children were supposed to approach the front row and be "saved" by Jesus. The narrator, Hughes, had been told about this by his aunt prior to the actual event . so he was prepared for it and expected to be saved.

cavern or cave

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hi,   i believe the outlines that were supposed to be showing at the sentences, are not. could you highlight them somehow?