Sincerity No Test of Truth

Not unfrequently is it said, " No matter what a man believes, if he is only sincere." But tiere is sincerity in error, in delusion, in mistake, as well as in truth. The infant may sincerely believe that the candle is harmless, but this will not keep it from burning him. Your neighbor may sincerely believe he is taking what will do him good, when by mistake he is drinking the poison. Sincerity neither consecrates sin nor canonizes error, nor saves from the suffering that attends both.