Eye of faith

I like that phrase. It sounds even better in context.

"We must not allow the things of the world to blinker our vision of the eternal destination. Nor must we permit the "voices in the world" to lead us off course (1 Cor. 14:10). Rather, we must allow the hope of Christ's glory and of eternal life to rest in our minds forever. We must reaffirm the goal that matters most and press toward it looking forward with an eye of faith."

--Carlos E. Asay, "Stay on the True Course", Ensign, May 1996, 59

And this quote from President Benson

"Our Father in Heaven planned the coming forth of the Founding Fathers and their form of government as the necessary great prologue leading to the restoration of the gospel... America, the land of liberty, was to be the Lord's latter-day base of operations for His restored church."

--President Ezra Taft Benson, "Our Divine Constitution", Ensign, Nov. 1987, 4