From a poem that was published in a Japanese-era newspaper in Taiwan, you can see the respect he enjoyed among the people: Facing the sea, back to the hills on a small city street / I view the river winding in front of the house. / The Western wind blows culture toward the Land of the Rising Sun. / Everywhere people speak of a man named Mackay.
日據時期「台灣日日新報」刊出一首小詩可看出他受台灣人景仰的程度：面海依山小市街溶溶江水繞庭階歐風向日開文化