In the view of Reverend Luo Jung-kuang, a Presbyterian minister, Mackay accomplished several very difficult things, including marrying a Taiwanese woman and learning Taiwanese from cowherds.
在基督教長老教會總會總幹事羅榮光牧師眼中，馬偕做了幾件非常不容易的事，其中包括：娶台灣女子為妻；向牧童學台語。