Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-10
Choose Ye This Day Whom Ye WiH SerUe

The following sermon was delivered in the Presbyterian church at Bisbee, Sunday February 4 by the Rev. Al Ian Kirchbaum. Because of it's deal ing with the war. and it's significance at this time, it is especially interest ing and is printed in part as follows:
 Choose ye this day whom ye will serve" Joshua 24-15.)
 Joshua was the George Washington of Isareal Amid great discourage ments and disappointments he led them through the formation of their national life, fought their battles, and brought them victory. Just as Wash ington in the war Of tae Revolution was. beset by, Tory propaganda and intrigue and jealousy. so around Joshua were the AmOr:tes and the Canaanites ever seeking to turn away the hearts and corrupt the life of his people. Not at all unlike the insidi- rus mschinaticns' anG .pylngs of the German government in all lands were ,hese movements of the pagans living round about to corrupt the life Of Joshue's people.
 But at last the people were estab- | old in the service and must soon re-
 tire, and so he gathered the people tCsether at Shechem and put before them the great choice. This chOic- meant for them a government of right eOusness, opportunity and the pursuit of happiness, on the one hand, or a corrupt existence, steeped in lust, vice and inhumanity, on the other.
 A great choice. great decision. like this confronts the American nation to- day. It is the question of whether we shall continue to live under the ideals and teachings Of Washington, or submit ourselves to the kultur of 9 German autocrat.
 On Friday we passed the one hun dred and eighty-siXth anniversary Of the birth of him who is rightly called the Father of his Country, perhaps the only man of our nation whose birth began to be celebrated while he was yet living. and while our coun- try endures the anniversary or his
 birth will be a great national day in our midst.
 Now. as L. have already said. we
 the people of the United States stand
 where the children of Israel stood at 1 She-hem in the days Of Joshua, fac ing a great question. whetier we .inc our brethren throughout the world shall continue to live according to the ideals of George Washington whose birth we commemorate, or ' whether we shall come under the yoke of German kultur. And 1t is veT5
 vital and real question.
 ! In the lost issue of the Outlook. UT. i Josoph II. Odell, al once Presby-
 terian minister and one of our great est correspondents. says;
 ITO put it bluntiy: this war has
 settled down into Q contest between
 Woodrow Wilson. the human embodi- ment Of democracy. and Wilhelm l.o- ! henzollern. the human embodiment ot autocTacy.
 "Is the statement true? Let us trH ] it out by rigid process of logic. Rus sin can give no further aid toward winning the war Italy can continue | 70 fight only with the assistance Of
 Great Britain and France. Frhnoe'
 'neomitable. is nevertheless al the
 limit of her man power. Great Brit ain has jast come e the zenith Of her
 available resources. With Russia
 eliminated. the western European ai-
 lies cannot defeat Germany. They con
 fess it: they welcome our aid as thcr
 one hore Of success: an the glorious
 sacrifices Of the past three years and
 half would have been .n vain but
 Ter the atcesc-cn ot ,ke United states.