The preacher starts preaching a heavy sermon. The pastor’s sermon provides many people in the crowd a visual image. People all over the room shout and feel the word of God about the sermon. The preacher then begins to preach about the Parable of “The Lost Sheep” reminding us that ninety-nine are safe, however, one is not. The preacher repeatedly says, “Come to Jesus. Won’t you come to Jesus?” (Salvation 345). The sermon makes the little girls cry, and easily persuade them to receive salvation. Hughes composes this scene to represent cluelessness. Though a few girls get up and go to the altar, many of the children stay on the mourner’s bench; Hughes stays on the bench. After that, many of the church members began to gather around the children.
