Although Mackay's descendants do not now live in Taiwan, the Presbyterian Church still wanted to put on an impressive series of activities to remember him on the 100th anniversary of his death, in the hope that Taiwanese would be reminded about that period of the island's history.
雖然馬偕的後代今已不在台灣，但基督教長老教會在馬偕逝世百年後的今天舉辦盛大的紀念活動，希望藉此提醒台灣民眾不要忘記這段歷史。