[2014 marks the beginning of the centennial of World War I, the Great War. This is the fourth in a series of articles taken from Presbyterian publications for relating to the Great War. This is the second of a series of editiorials that the Rev. J. W. Shaw of Knox Church, Invercargill, wrote on the eve of the Great War. He uses biblical imagery from the history of Israel to encourage Presbyterian New Zealanders to make the sacrifice to support the war effort.]