Introduction

Biography

In 1888, Mc­Cal­eb en­rolled at the Col­lege of the Bi­ble, Lex­ing­ton, Ken­tuc­ky, stu­dy­ing un­der John W. Mc­Gar­vey.

In March 1892, he went to Ja­pan with a group head­ed by W. K. Az­bill. His wife Del­la stayed with him there un­til ill health forced her to re­turn with their child­ren to Am­er­ica around 1909.

Relying on sup­port from in­di­vid­u­al Church of Christ con­gre­ga­tions in Am­er­ica, Mc­Ca­leb worked as a mis­sion­ary in Ja­pan un­til World War II forced him to leave in 1941.

He then taught Ori­ent­al lang­uag­es at Pep­per­dine Col­lege, Mal­i­bu, Ca­li­for­nia, un­til 1945, when a heart at­tack made him re­tire.

He is said to have writ­ten 11 books, over a do­zen tracts, and 1,400 po­ems.

Works

• From Id­ols to God (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: F. L. Rowe, 1907)
• Memories of Ear­ly Days (To­kyo, Ja­pan: Kin­ko­do, 1919)
• Social Life in Am­er­ica (Shang­hai, Chi­na: Com­mer­cial Press, 1923)
• On the Trail of the Mis­sion­ar­ies (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Gos­pel Ad­vo­cate, 1930)
• Once Tra­veled Roads (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Gos­pel Ad­vo­cate, 1934)
• Health and Hap­pi­ness (Aus­tin, Texas: Firm Foun­da­tion Pub­lish­ing, 1942)