[2014 marks the beginning of the centennial of World War I, the Great War. This is the third in a series of articles taken from Presbyterian publications for relating to the Great War. As the nations of Europe accelerated into war after Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, the Reverend J. W. Shaw of Knox Presbyterian Church in Invercargill wrote this editorial for The Outlook.]

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