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John I. Tay (1832 – 8 January 1892) was a Seventh-day Adventist missionary who was known for his pioneering work in the South Pacific. It was through his efforts that most of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island were converted to Adventism, and that the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists purchased the ''Pitcairn'' schooner for missionary work in the South Pacific. ==Early life== John I. Tay was born in 1832. He went to sea when he was sixteen. Tay served on the U.S. sloop-of-war USS ''Housatonic'' during the American Civil War (1861–65). He settled in Oakland, California after the war, and joined the Adventists in 1873. He married a woman named Hannah and built a house in Oakland. He worked to spread the Adventist message on the ships in Oakland harbor. He had been given the book ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' by his mother when he went to sea, heard more of Pitcairn Island from a shipmate on the ''Housatonic'' who had visited the island, and heard yet more from the captain of the ''Ocean King'' whom he met in Oakland harbor. All this made him want to visit the island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Tay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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