Anne Louise Ashley-Greenstreet

Anne Louise Ashley-Greenstreet (17 February 1835 – unknown) was an English hymn writer.

Biography Not much is known about Ashley-Greenstreet's early life but she was born in Sheffield and her father was a schoolmaster. She married at the age of 41.

One hymn written by her survives, "", published in 1871. This information is preserved in John Julian's 1907 Dictionary of Hymnology, which states that Ashley-Greenstreet's popular hymn "A little talk with Jesus" had appeared under the title "In affliction" in his collection of poems Heart Yearnings after Home in 1871. In the 1880 edition, the poem was titled "Communion".

The song was published in Swedish in 1880, translated by Lina Sandell, in the Korsblomman calendar, where the song was noted as having been written by Sandell in 1879. In the 2002 , its translation “Vain hetki Herran kanssa se mielen tyynnyttää” is a new Finnish translation by from 1999.

The song is also in Finnish in the Spiritual Songbook (Finnish: ), song 473, “A moment with Jesus refreshes the mind,” and in the , song 126, “A moment with the Lord soothes the mind” (translation by Johanna Ailio).