Exodus 15:25

See the sweet effect of prayer. Observe, the Lord showed him relief is not of man, but of the Lord. The Jews, in their tradition of this providence, remark, that the tree itself was bitter, but the effect of its operations was sweet. Whether this be so, or not, yet spiritually considered, if we suppose as some have, that this tree was a type of the cross of Christ, we know, that out of that bitter came forth sweet, Reader! depend upon it, Jesus, and his cross, will make all your troubled waters calm, and all your waters of affliction sweet. Dearest Lord! be thou my portion, in everything, and then everything will be sweetened by thee.