Footprints (poem)
"Footprints," also known as "Footprints in the Sand," is a popular allegorical text written in prose.
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This popular text describes a dream, in which the person is walking on a beach with God.
They leave two sets of footprints in the sand behind them. Looking back, the tracks are stated to represent various stages of this person's life.
At some points, the two trails dwindle to one, especially at the lowest and most hopeless moments of the character's life.
When questioning God, believing that God must have abandoned his follower during those times, God gives the explanation: "During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
Authorship and origins
The original authorship of the poem is disputed, with dozens of people claiming to have penned it. Rachel Aviv in a Poetry Foundation article[1] discusses the various claims and suggests that the source of this poem is the opening paragraph of Charles Haddon Spurgeon's 1880 sermon "The Education of the Sons of God."[2]June Hadden Hobbs suggested that its origins lie in Mary B. C. Slade's 1871 hymn "Footsteps of Jesus" as "almost surely the source of the notion that Jesus' footprints have narrative significance that influences the way believers conduct their life stories ... it allows Jesus and a believer to inhabit the same space at the same time. [...] Jesus travels the path of the believer, instead of the other way round".[3]
Margaret Fishback (Antolini), whose light verse appeared regularly in popular American magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s, had no connection to "Footprints," although her name confusingly resembles that of one claimed author.
Eleanor Johnston, known by her professional name as Cristy Lane (born January 8, 1940) is an American country music and gospel music singer, best known for a number of major country hits in the late 70s and the early 1980s, including her cover version of the song, "One Day at a Time".
Lane's career began to take shape in the mid-70s, after beginning to record for her husband's record label.
Her first singles, "Trying to Forget About You" and "Sweet Deceiver", were released in 1977 followed by her first major hit, "Let Me Down Easy", by the end of the year.
After having a series of Top 10 and 20 country hits, she signed with United Artists Records and had her biggest hit with "One Day at a Time", a Gospel song, that peaked at No. 1 on the Country charts.
Early life
Cristy Lane was born Eleanor Johnston January 8, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois.
She was one of twelve children and was raised in an economically depressed section of East Peoria.[1]
Raised in near poverty, she developed a shy personality and often spoke with a lisp.
Before she turned 20, Lane married Lee Stoller, a former U.S. Marine who was also raised in poverty.
Within five years, the couple had three children. Because he enjoyed her singing, Stoller encouraged Lane to sing publicly.
Able to shed her shyness, Lane began performing in night clubs and landed a spot on the WLS National Barn Dance in 1968.[2]
After Lane began to perform regularly, Stoller took charge of Lane's career, serving as her manager and publicist.
Lane decided to take the stage name of "Cristy Lane", naming herself after her favorite disc jockey Chris Lane.[citation needed]
Music career
Early music career: 1966 – 1974
After taking up singing Lane recorded her first single, "Janie Took My Place", in Nashville, Tennessee on the K-Ark label.[1]These early attempts for Lane to gain success failed, as radio failed to ignite her career and the pressures of the music business were beginning to stress her, as well as urging pressures from Stoller.[2]
After having no success, in 1969 Stoller tried to negotiate for Lane to appear with the United Service Organization, for a tour of Vietnam to perform for the troops, but the bid failed.
However, Stoller was able to arrange for Lane to perform independently for a fee of $500 per-performance for 90 days.
The dangers of performing in a war zone put Lane in jeopardy on more than one occasion.
After suffering from exhaustion, she became physically and mentally ill.
She had attempted suicide twice by 1970, and the tour left the couple financially distressed.
The couple moved back to East Peoria soon after and invested in two night clubs, which featured Lane as the main attraction.
To further Lane's musical interests, they sold the night clubs and moved to Nashville in 1972.
After gaining negative reactions from many major label record executives Stoller decided to form his own record label, LS Records.[2]
Lane began recording for the label in 1976, releasing her first pair of singles, "Midnight Blue" and "By the Way", neither of which were listed on any of the country music charts.
Later career: 1987 – present
In the late 1980s, Lane opened her own theater in Branson, Missouri, called "The Cristy Lane Theatre", which helped revive her career.In 1989, she also performed at the Hershey Park Amphitheatre in Pennsylvania, and also recorded a version of "Lean on Me" with Michael Jackson, Terri Gibbs, and Tom T. Hall for Willie Nelson's Farm Aid Benefit.
Lane rented out her theater in Branson into the 1990s, continuing to also perform local concerts around the Branson area.
However, in 1995, she was injured after falling from the top of the stage where she was performing, temporarily halting her music career.
She then sold her theater and later began performing again.[2] In the early 90s, she released many compilation albums, including 20 Greatest Hits.
Although it did not contain many of Lane's hits it did garner positive reviews.[5]
Throughout the 90s, she continued releasing more compilation albums, including releases such as Greatest Hits off the LS label, which did include many of Lane's biggest hits, as well as covers of other songs including Christian and Country music songs.
The Greatest Hits album was given a positive review.[6]
In August 2003, she was honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in San Antonio, Texas for her recognition to the military, and was inducted into their hall of fame.[7]
Source: Wikipedia.org
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