For what purpose does Mr. Lapham use his morning Bible reading, and to whom is it directed to? Why does Johnny give so many orders to the other apprentices? Who orders a silver sugar bowl?

Mr. Lapham is a deacon at the church and is therefore very pious. Johnny is the only one in the household besides him who can read well. Cilla tries but she has never had any formal education. The passages he is supposed to read are all about pride, which Mr. Lapham thinks Johnny has in excess or is too "full of himself".

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